During the World Cup, my friends and I were too broke to pay for streaming, so we ended up sailing the high seas 🏴☠️.
If you've ever used those free streaming sites, you probably know the pain. Every click, whether it's play, pause, fullscreen, or just clicking anywhere on the page, opens a popup, a popunder, or redirects you to some gambling or porn site.
The reason is usually clickjacking. They place an invisible layer over the page that steals your click and uses it to open ads.
I tried all the usual ad blockers, but they didn't really stop it because this isn't a normal ad. It's the site's behavior. So I got tired of it and built a Chrome extension called Ads Jacker.
What it does:
- Removes invisible click-trap overlays so your clicks go where they're supposed to.
- Blocks the popups and popunders they trigger, including the hidden iframe trick some sites use to get around popup blockers.
- Leaves normal websites alone, so it won't interfere with menus, logins, or video players.
- It's completely free and collects zero data. No tracking, no analytics, no servers. Everything runs locally in your browser by checking for known clickjacking patterns.
It's not meant to replace your ad blocker. It works alongside one by targeting the click-hijacking tricks that many ad blockers don't catch.
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ads-jacker/jngedkfjjlchlgabiibodmgngaaeodlf
I originally built this just for myself, but I figured other people might be dealing with the same thing. I'm the developer, so if you try it, I'd really appreciate any feedback, bug reports, or feature suggestions. I'm actively working on improving it.
[link] [comments]
No comments:
Post a Comment