[pubutil]

I reluctantly admit that a friend recently tricked me with something similar using a website called “Peter Answers”

Same exact concept: you ask a question, your friend types a “petition” (which is actually the answer, disguised as another phrase), then types in the question. Then they submit and the site displays the answer your friend typed in.

Initially this had me freaking out thinking there was some AI super scraper pulling from the chasm of shadow data. Then the logical part of my brain kicked in and asked a question only my friend would have the answer to, then watched his fingers as he typed, which quickly cleared things up.

It’s a smart concept though, and a damn good prank.

[anononaut]

Clearly the pranker needs to switch to Colemak or Dvorak to be maximally effective!

[yjftsjthsd-h]

As security-through-obscurity tricks go, using an unusual keyboard layout to avoid shoulder surfing is probably one of the better ones.

(Note that like all obscurity-based systems, this isn't actually secure so much as a minor impediment, but for this kind of trick that's fine)

[mustacheemperor]

The above commenter’s story reminded me of using that exact website to prank friends in middle school about 15 years ago - I was wondering if it is still up and fooling people!