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Unexpected behavior on certain websites regarding security

See original GitHub issue

Hello there,

I’ve discovered a “bug” in every Chromium based browser. When you open a page like “https://youareanidiot.cc/”, there is a chance that it will open more and more windows and moving them. To still close your browser and prevent it from overcontrolling your browser type in killall <browser>, which brings us to the next point. I’m a linux user, so it may be only an issue with the Linux port of Chromium. However Firefox does not have this issue, so there are ways to block things like that from happening. I would be really happy to see Brave blocking those weird behaviors. Because no website would ever need to move their page on their own.

I hope I could help by reporting that.

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:8 (4 by maintainers)

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simonhongcommented, Jan 3, 2022

@bsclifton I can see same behavior on all brave channels and chrome stable. Just loading this site doesn’t create popups. All are blocked by popup blocker by default. When I clicks on that page, moving popup is created.

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ghostcommented, Dec 31, 2021

@bsclifton Update: this site the reporter mentioned above is updated to use HTML5 now for modern browsers, so it is working on every major browser. I have blocked all pop ups and redirects in global settings, however Brave fails to block the pop ups somehow. I am using Macbook Air MacOS 12.1 on Brave Nightly 1.36.9 Chromium: 97.0.4692.56 (Official Build) nightly (arm64) Revision | 04da6c66398ca50e603cc236a07dc7dfd3bbc750-refs/branch-heads/4692@{#990}

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