Why Real Consumer PCs Are the Only Unblockable Way to Run Computer Use Agents
Darpinian · x · 2026-11-12
A thread debates how computer use agents can evade anti-bot detection. @liminalsunset argues the only reliable setup is a real consumer PC at home with headed Chrome, injecting only real mouse/keyboard events — inefficient, but the only way to escape the cat-and-mouse game and truly unblockable.
@Darpinian adds that the model matters too (cloud models likely won't claim to be human for you), and true completeness requires emulating humanlike mouse trajectories and key timing, either in the model or the harness.
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