On 06/04/2017 02:17 AM, Jorge Almeida wrote: > I just had the experience of visiting a linux-related site > (http://libv.livejournal.com/22968.html) and seeing a panel with ads > about house appliances (from a site I had actually visited before). > The panel actually blocks part of the page, and is impossible to > remove. This is caused by some javascript linked to some crap-factory > named criteo.com. > I'm using chromium, but I just checked that the same happens with > Firefox, so the fault lies with > http://libv.livejournal.com and not with Google (for once) > > Now, I tried to edit the settings of chromium to block javascript from > criteo.com. Guess what, the "manage exceptions..." dialog opens a > popup window with an example for the aptly named domain example.com, > and _doesn't allow any change at all_! No way to add an exception, nor > to remove it (not that there's much to remove) > > Ah, the state of browsers for linux! > > Please tell me I'm not the only one to whom such beautiful things happen. > > Jorge Almeida >
Bad news... I have Chrome installed, and I went to the first linked website and added a Block exception for criteo.com no problem. Dan
