Sniffies Project v0.3: Third-Party Bot Blocking (User Reporting and Client-Side Filtering)

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Sniffies Bot Reporting/Filtering

Why is this important?

Sniffies users will be familiar with two major kinds of bots:

  1. Bots that send you a message asking you to visit a URL (these URLs always redirect to malware)

  2. Profiles that are seemingly always online with some very attractive stats, saying they only meet up with people who subscribe to their OnlyFans

These bots are not the biggest problem in the world, but they are a pain point in the Sniffies user experience. Fortunately, it is possible to do something about these bots that doesn’t involve waiting for Sniffies to take action.

How do I use this feature?

Open the “Block Bot Accounts” section and click “Enable”. As users create more reports, the user experience of a bot-free Sniffies will improve. If you come across a bot account, click the report button and submit a report. If/when I validate the report, that bot account will be filtered out for all users who have this feature enabled. Continue down to the installation instructions to set up this version of the extension.

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This tool collects the following data:

  • Your Sniffies user GUID
  • The version of the client you're running

If future versions collect anything beyond this, it will only be data you explicitly choose to submit (ex: reports, feedback).

This data is used solely to operate and improve the tool. It is not sold or shared with third parties.