The Annoying Site: Source

#1

Post by tosh » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 4:29 PM UTC

The Annoying Site: Source
theannoyingsite.com

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#2

Post by dang » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 8:20 PM UTC

Brief but revealing discussion from a year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15935568.

It was courteous of tosh to submit the source. For those who dare, the link is https://theannoyingsite.com.

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#3

Post by LeoPanthera » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 8:28 PM UTC

Interesting that this entire domain is blocked as malicious by my ad blocker.

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#4

Post by tejtm » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 8:48 PM UTC

be afraid. if you must, use a distinct browser you can kill.

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#5

Post by smaudet » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 9:07 PM UTC

tejtm wrote: post #4

be afraid. if you must, use a distinct browser you can kill.

So... Like I just saw some JS and nothing happened? But I'm on mobile...

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Post by landa » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 9:20 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #2

Brief but revealing discussion from a year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15935568 . It was courteous of tosh to submit the source. For those who dare, the link is https://theannoyingsite.com .

Just a warning: this will make your machine unusable by opening a bunch of pop-ups, download images, and playing annoying audio while flashing the screen.

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#7

Post by gnomodromo » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 9:34 PM UTC

LeoPanthera wrote: post #3

Interesting that this entire domain is blocked as malicious by my ad blocker.

Rightly so, it seems very malicious

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#8

Post by wwarner » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 9:44 PM UTC

Made me laugh

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#9

Post by amingilani » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 10:05 PM UTC

DO NOT CLICK OPEN THE REAL WEBSITE. Jeez, I just made that mistake. Omg, that was bad.

I can't perfectly describe what happens but I'll try — the page jumps around with a cat image, every time I try to kill it with cmd+w, it repawns into another small window. I think it remaps cmd+w to cmd+p, and just plays dubstep in the background. Oh, and at some point, a random cat headbanging cat appears, and the voices goes from saying "a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a" to "I can't see the inside of my mouth".

I think it also logged me out of gmail.

I had to kill Chrome. Don't open it in your main browser, use incognito mode, or the private browsing mode of a different browser so that you can kill the entire browser without losing HN access — because that's what you'll probably end up doing.

Edit: Oh, it seems to be easier to kill on Firefox. Also, it keeps asking for webcam and mic access, and to be set as the default application for bitcoin links?!!!

Edit: A way to get out without killing Chrome is: "press cmd+w" to get to the "print" screen. That seems to stop the windows from moving around. Then kill all the other windows first, and kill this "print" window last. You'll it say "please don't go" every time — but don't give in!

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Post by bazacko » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 10:15 PM UTC

amingilani wrote: post #9

DO NOT CLICK OPEN THE REAL WEBSITE. Jeez, I just made that mistake. Omg, that was bad. I can't perfectly describe what happens but I'll try — the page jumps around with a cat image, every time I try to kill it with cmd+w, it repawns into another small window. I think it remaps cmd+w to cmd+p, and just plays dubstep in the background. Oh, and at some point, a random cat headbanging cat appears, and the voices goes fro…

I somehow managed to escape without killing chrome, after I closed a dozen of the windows with a combination of cmd+w and clicking the close button. It definitely logged me out of my google and amazon accounts.

Edit: here's a talk by the author: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pY9Bfwfj2A