This repository has been archived by the owner on Dec 11, 2019. It is now read-only.
Ad-blocker-blocker on The Atlantic #6291
Assignees
Labels
Milestone
Comments
|
redirects are super easy to block, but I'm not able to replicate this on master. |
|
Mentioned by a user on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CasinelliG/status/821189349655998464 |
|
Here's the blocker-blocker: /**
* Route blockers
*/
(function(){
function redirect() {
// Chrome 54-57 has a bug with its extensions that breaks
// whitelisting on the first pageview when sent through
// a shortened url. We can't detect shorturls reliable,
// so let it slide.
var chromeFreePV = (function(){
var host = window.location.protocol + "//" + window.location.host;
var isFirstPV = (document.referrer.indexOf(host) !== 0);
var isChrome = (window.navigator.userAgent.match(/Chrome\//) !== null);
return isFirstPV && isChrome;
})();
var isCrawlser = (function(){
var botsRe = "(Googlebot|Bingbot|Yahoo! Slurp|DuckDuckBot|facebookexternalhit)";
return (window.navigator.userAgent.match(botsRe) !== null);
}());
if ((navigator.onLine === false) ||
isCrawlser ||
chromeFreePV ||
Atlantic.User.isAdFree({strict: false}) ||
Atlantic.Utils.readCookie("seen-blocker-wall")) {
return;
}
var next = encodeURIComponent(window.location.href);
var url = window.location.protocol + "//" + window.location.host + "/please-support-us/?next=";
window.location.href = url + next;
};
// Prevent race condition
if (Modernizr["blocker-enabled"]) {
redirect();
} else {
$(window).one("blocker-detected", redirect);
}
})();It doesn't look like the /**
* When ad blocking is detected two things happen:
* 1. The class `mdzr-no-blocker-enabled` is replaced with
* `mdzr-blocker-enabled` on <html />
* 2. A trigger for "blocker-detected" is called
*/
blockerDetection: function() {
// If the honeypot is blocked, we know
// immediately that ads are blocked.
// If it's not, we're not really sure.
var has_analytics = undefined;
var has_ads = undefined;
var has_adfree = this.isAdFree;
var self = this;
var detectAds = new $.Deferred(function(){
var promise = this;
// Adfree users don't need to check anything.
if (has_adfree) {
has_ads = false;
promise.resolve();
return;
}
if (!window.ads_enabled) {
has_ads = false;
promise.resolve();
}
$(window).on("ad-loaded, ad-empty", function(){
has_ads = true;
promise.resolve();
});
// Some scripts detect blockers on error.
$(window).one("blocker-detected", function(){
has_ads = false;
promise.resolve();
});
// Check for evil CSS, which may be loaded
// asynonchronously.
setTimeout(function(){
var div = document.createElement("div");
div.setAttribute("style", "visibility:hidden; width: 5px; height: 5px;\
position: absolute; top:-5px; left:-5px");
div.className = "ad advertisement sponsored";
document.body.appendChild(div);
if (getComputedStyle(div).display === "none") {
$(window).trigger("blocker-detected");
}
}, 500);
// Check the honeypot.
// The honeypot is also called on the page, but since whitelisting
// isn't synchronous, we can't trust the value we send to omniture.
// The call should be incredibly fast (cached) or blocked right away,
// so the performance penalty is moot.
$.ajax({
url: Atlantic.STATIC_URL + "js/advertisement.2.js",
dataType: "script",
cache: true
}).fail(function(){
$(window).trigger("blocker-detected");
});
// Delayed check to catch more clever blockers
// if it's still ambiguous.
window.setTimeout(function(){
// If we've already decided whether
// ads load, or if the user is offline, stop here.
if (this.state() === "resolved" || navigator.onLine === false) {
return;
}
self.log("No ads. Smart blocker detection kicking in.");
// Ain't you clever.
if (googletag.display && googletag.display.toString() === "function (){}") {
$(window).trigger("blocker-detected");
}
// For Privacy Badger
if (googletag.display && googletag.display.name.trim() === "bound") {
$(window).trigger("blocker-detected");
}
if (googletag.display && googletag.display.name === "noopfn") {
$(window).trigger("blocker-detected");
};
// If GPT never loaded, try again.
// We're not sure if this is a spotty connection
// or an adblocker. Try again but rely on other clues.
if (googletag._loadStarted_ === undefined) {
$.ajax({
url: "https://www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js",
dataType: "script",
cache: true
});
};
// This is a bad request. However, some blockers will patch
// in a fake image, so if it loads, ads are being blocked.
var url = "https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads";
var img = document.createElement("img");
img.src = url;
img.style = "visibility: hidden";
img.onload = function(){
$(window).trigger("blocker-detected");
};
document.body.appendChild(img);
}.bind(promise), 8000);
});
var detectAnalytics = new $.Deferred(function(){
// Because omniture users keep the script on their own
// servers, blocking it requires a wildcard.
has_analytics = (window.has_omniture === true);
this.resolve();
});
/**
* When ads are confirmed, set the correct
* classes/Modernizr values and record ja pixel.
*/
$.when(detectAds, detectAnalytics).then(function(){
Modernizr["blocker-enabled"] = !has_ads;
if (has_ads === false) {
$("html").removeClass("mdzr-no-blocker-enabled").addClass("mdzr-blocker-enabled");
Atlantic.Utils.createCookie("had-blocker", 1, 30);
}
// Detective settings are required
if (!this.options.detective && !this.options.detective.url) {
console.error("gpt-config.detective.url needs to be set to record data.");
}
var has_whitelist = !!(has_ads && Atlantic.Utils.readCookie("had-blocker"));
var img = document.createElement("img");
img.src = (this.options.detective.url +
'?knowledge=' + has_analytics +
'&revenue=' + has_ads +
'&paying=' + has_adfree +
'&white=' + has_whitelist +
'&cachebuster=' + Date.now());
// Track the time if we know it
if (has_ads) {
var loadtime = this.loadtime;
img.src += "&time=" + loadtime;
window.optimizely.push(["trackEvent", "ad_supported_pageview"]);
} else {
window.optimizely.push(["trackEvent", "ad_blocked_pageview"]);
}
img.setAttribute("style",
"position: absolute; top: -1px; left: -1px; " +
"width:0; height:0; visibility:hidden;");
document.body.appendChild(img);
}.bind(this));
} |
|
we can just block this |
53 tasks
Sign up for free
to subscribe to this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in.
Test plan
#8715 (comment)
Did you search for similar issues before submitting this one?
Yes
Describe the issue you encountered:
theatlantic.com forwards users of Brave to https://www.theatlantic.com/please-support-us/.
Expected behavior:
Users of Brave should be able to browse the web uninterrupted.
Brave Version: 0.12.15
Steps to reproduce:
Screenshot if needed:
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: