ShadowTrace reveals the hidden algorithmic manipulation that platforms use to control your online behavior. We expose the dark patterns, behavioral nudges, and psychological triggers that treat you like a marionette — then help you cut the strings and reclaim your digital autonomy.
Try the Demo Get StartedYou install our browser extension and suddenly see glowing red strings attached to everything you click — the infinite scroll that's not so infinite, the "only 2 left!" urgency that's fake, the "friends who bought this" that's algorithmically chosen to trigger your FOMO. You realize you've been a puppet. Then you click one button and the strings dissolve.
Countdown timers that create artificial time pressure
"X people viewing this" messages that manipulate FOMO
Guilt-tripping buttons that make opting out feel wrong