I am not sure this works anymore or if it ever did since I heard about it years ago, but when you send an email to someone on something like gmail who doesn't use some form of adblocker, be sure to put some hidden text in whatever color the background of their client is. Apparently they'll eventually start seeing ads for that specific thing you hid in the email since those emails are most certainly scanned so you can get targeted ads (especially gmail and most likely outlook as well).
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You probably need to receive more than one email about a subject before you start getting targeted ads
Forgot to mention the part about it being something you need to constantly do. Thanks for the heads up.
Small post it note over the sensor under the mouse.
If you are close you can plug in a second wireless mouse and mess with it occasionally.
If they don't lock their screen, the old take a screen shot of the desktop and make it the background is good.
@ryathal back in the day, when most wireless mice and keyboards had those little dongles, and people used to keep their computer tower either on the corner of their desk or under it, I used to have a prank war going with a coworker. We used to do dumb shit like fill a shit load of little cups up with water and set them everywhere in their office, or glitter/confetti in things that when you opened them it went everywhere. Or wrap everything on the desk in foil or saran wrap type things.
Coworker was older than me, and not the most computer literate guy. I'd go into his office, and disconnect the dongle, while he was away from his desk. Watching him rage about his piece of shit computer was always great amusement.
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You could 'upgrade' them to a better operating system: https://malisipi.github.io/ubuntu-tour/
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Or turn an iPhone into a Samsung via https://trygalaxy.com/
I enjoy how when you connect to it from an Android phone, it's like:
What in the fuck do you want here?! We're not spending computing resources on you, dumbass. Go, send it to your heathen friends!
Hit my boss with tellyourpartner.org earlier this week, a website that anonymously texts your partner with a list of STIs you select and a suggestion to get tested. Be careful tho it kinda back fired and he messaged a few of his exes lmao
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