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Googly Ads: ad “blocker” inserts googly eyes into online ads

2 pointsby slissabout 3 years ago

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slissabout 3 years ago
Instead of a simple ad blocker, I made an &quot;ad mocker&quot; that runs Amazon Rekognition to on digital ads to find the silliest coordinates to paste googly eyes.<p>On desktop, the eyes track your mouse cursor (still the least creepy form of tracking ads do).<p>Turning off AdBlock to access sites feels like admitting defeat, so here&#x27;s an alternative that gives sites their ad impressions – but not quite as they expected.