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That's been done already with ads: https://adnauseam.io/

I've heard that in practice it does get you on a blacklist and they'll start ignoring what you send, so perhaps it does have some effect.



Point of caution before using adnauseam: I installed and used it on 3 devices for about 6 months a few years ago. I have seen an increase of about 50 fold in the amount of targeted spam phone calls and physical mailers I receive since that time and they've only started to subside in the last year. I can't prove but highly suspect it's a result of my name getting added to a lot of lead DBs as an interested potential customer due to adnauseum ad clicks.


You took shots for the team. Keep up the good work!

Reading about the tool makes me kinda wanna install it ... that should mess up the targeting profile quite a bit for my ip.


That's still a win, I suppose.




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