Tensegrity
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As part of https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/1/15726778/chrome-ad-blocker-early-2018-announced-google to make ad-ridden websites more bearable, the company is introducing some new protections to Chrome. Over the next couple months, the browser will start blocking various types of annoying, unwanted redirects, where a website or ad suddenly loads a new page, either because it’s been hijacked by a bad ad or because it intentionally wants to force visitors to see one.
Google’s plan to block redirects will roll out in three parts. It’ll first start blocking ads from redirecting visitors to another site when they haven’t been clicked on. When that happens, you’ll instead see a toolbar on the page noting that a redirect has been blocked.
GOOGLE’S ALSO BUILDING AN AD BLOCKER FOR CHROME
After that, Google will start blocking a type of redirect that acts like a reverse pop-up: instead of clicking and having an ad pop up, the current website will redirect to an ad, while the link you clicked will open in a new tab. Google says this is “effectively a circumvention of Chrome's pop-up blocker” and will begin preventing the original tab from being redirected.
And finally, Google will go after more nefarious websites that open new windows when visitors click on invisible overlays or advertising links that are disguised as buttons, like video playback controls.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/8/16617794/chrome-redirect-blocking-announced-google
Google’s plan to block redirects will roll out in three parts. It’ll first start blocking ads from redirecting visitors to another site when they haven’t been clicked on. When that happens, you’ll instead see a toolbar on the page noting that a redirect has been blocked.
GOOGLE’S ALSO BUILDING AN AD BLOCKER FOR CHROME
After that, Google will start blocking a type of redirect that acts like a reverse pop-up: instead of clicking and having an ad pop up, the current website will redirect to an ad, while the link you clicked will open in a new tab. Google says this is “effectively a circumvention of Chrome's pop-up blocker” and will begin preventing the original tab from being redirected.
And finally, Google will go after more nefarious websites that open new windows when visitors click on invisible overlays or advertising links that are disguised as buttons, like video playback controls.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/8/16617794/chrome-redirect-blocking-announced-google
