ahh, sorry what I meant is that the app shouldn't randomize identifiers, such as browser fingerprints or even cookies, because the goal is to make the noise associated with the user's profile, otherwise it's just random requests and it becomes pointless.
washington_irving
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Still, browser fingerprints are most commonly used and spoofing them seems counterproductive. If the goal is to maximize confusion about users interests and search history it should mimic actual users' behavior as closely as possible.
yes, but when you spoof fingerprints the only thing connecting the noise generated by the app to the user is then the IP address and ironically the README recommends using it alongside a VPN to hide your IP, which means that the queries made by Fauxx are, like you said, "just noise", not noise associated with your profile, the noise could as well be generated by any other device
also, I think that the extensive use of LLMs should be stated in the description, not burried in a closed issue, as it is an important matter especially when creating a privacy oriented project
The concept is very interesting, I used the app for a while but I don't get one thing. Why would you want to randomize fingerprints? If the goal is to pollute your profile with random data then it does the exact opposite thing and makes it harder to assosiate the noise with actual user activity.
This issue was raised on github, the dev admitted to using AI (but probably still underplayed it's role in the project) but closed the issue and didn't bother to disclose it in the readme.
https://github.com/digital-grease/fauxx/issues/8