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Google Chrome Will Block Tab-Under Behavior
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 7:39 pm
by intense
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/s ... -behavior/
Google is working on blocking tab-under behavior in Chrome, according to a document seen by Bleeping Computer.
For users unfamiliar with the jargon, Google considers tab-under behavior when an unsuspecting user is scrolling or clicking on a page, but the site duplicates the current page in another tab and shows an ad or a new website in the page the user was initially reading.
Well, uBo is already doing this using $popunder, and
ABP has delayed indefinitely a fix.
Re: Google Chrome Will Block Tab-Under Behavior
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:25 am
by -Mark-
Re: Google Chrome Will Block Tab-Under Behavior
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 5:19 pm
by intense
Expanding user protections on the web
http://blog.chromium.org/2017/11/expand ... n-web.html
One example that causes user frustration is when clicking a link opens the desired destination in a new tab, while the main window navigates to a different, unwanted page. This is effectively a circumvention of Chrome's pop-up blocker, one of users' favorite features. Starting in Chrome 65 we'll also detect this behavior, trigger an infobar, and prevent the main tab from being redirected. This allows the user to continue directly to their intended destination, while also preserving the context of the page they came from
Re: Google Chrome Will Block Tab-Under Behavior
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:59 pm
by -Mark-
Speaking of abusive experiences, a stronger popup blocker is also in development -
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/is ... ?id=756089
Re: Google Chrome Will Block Tab-Under Behavior
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 11:22 pm
by gotitbro
Yeas, most browser hijackers work by redirecting through multiple domain hoops. This does seem a good development https://www.androidcentral.com/chrome-updates-set-kill-annoying-auto-redirects-and-trick-click-pop-ups.
Though I wonder if it might affect legitimate redirects.
Re: Google Chrome Will Block Tab-Under Behavior
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 9:03 am
by -Mark-
Canary and Bleeding Edge build users can now test the feature via
Code: Select all
chrome://flags/#enable-framebusting-needs-sameorigin-or-usergesture