def add_bogus_parameter(url):
    """
    We need this bogus parameter because some (if not all) AVRs blindly append additional request parameters
    with an ampersand. E.g.: '&mac=<REDACTED>&dlang=eng&fver=1.2&startitems=1&enditems=100'.
    The original vTuner API hacks around that by adding a specific parameter or a bogus parameter like '?empty=' to
    the target URL.
    """
    return url + '?vtuner=true'
