On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 3:44 AM, <tu...@posteo.de> wrote:
On 07/16 03:12, R0b0t1 wrote:
On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 2:11 AM, <tu...@posteo.de> wrote:
On 07/16 01:59, R0b0t1 wrote:
On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 1:47 AM, <tu...@posteo.de> wrote:
Hi,
that drives my insane:
While searching items for my DIY Nixie clock on aliexpress I get
one certain popup with each new access to aliexpress asking
me, whether I am new to aliexpress and offers me a coupon.
I have no othe chance than clicking on this [beep] pop up
to be able to see the page contents.
I searched the web for according informations how to block
this [beep] popup, but I only get informations how to
remove a certain kind of adware virus from Mac and Windows.
Since this virus pops up an advertisement of constantly changing
goods and is page filling I am sure I am not suffering from this.
If anyone out there has solved this problem without disabling
the possibility to /buy/ something on aliexpress PLEASE HELP
ME. I AM NEAR INSANITY! ;) :)
Thanks a lot in advance for any life saver!
Cheers
Meino
You might be able to block the element on the page using uBlock
Origin, but unfortunately that type of ad is very hard to remove. If
you have to interact with it is harder to select using uBlock's
interface.
You can also use Greasemonkey to block more invasive ads, but I never
had much luck with that. It's designed to do more than filter
background content.
I feel like I need to ask whether or not you've done something like
disable cookies. I'd not suggest doing that, at most delete all of
them when you close your browser session. It's impossible to use most
pages without having cookies enabled (this makes automating things
with web libraries infuriating).
R0b0t1.
Hi R0b0t1,
For "normal browsing" I created a profile for firefox which is privacy
enhanced -- blocking all sorts of things. This profile works half
with the sites I normally visit.
Aliexpress get screwed up when visited using this profile.
So I created a second profile, which I use for Aliexpress only. This
one has only some privacy related things enabled. Aliexpress works --
including poping up this [beep] "Are you new to Aliexpress?" popup.
Cookies are enabled with this profile.
Does it do this on every page load or just the first time you interact with it?
I did the following:
*** Surf to www.aliexpress.com (no popup and no way to search despite
the fact that a search bar is shown.)
*** Click on any product -- product will be displayed and popup pops
up (hence the name), click the popup to remove it. Search bar now works.
*** Click "reload tab"...the whole [beep] starts from the beginning.
I've managed to block something similar using uBlock Origin, but it
was really hard to select it with the GUI picker that creates blocking
rules for you.
The technical term for what the website is using is called a popover
and I remember people talking about blocking them with uBlock Origin
because they are hard to block, but I can't find anything relevant to
this discussion in Google.
As soon as I login into Aliexpress the popup disappears -- now
Aliexpress is satisfied, because tracking my searches is now
personalized.
If you can't find a way to target the overlay with uBlock Origin you
might try looking at https://greasyfork.org/en and using Greasemonkey.
Unfortunately all the premade scripts I could find were simple things
like pricing changes.
Why Greasemonkey is especially use ful in this case?
(this is curiosity -- and NO expression of doubt, R0b0t1! :)
Greasemonkey injects JavaScript onto your webpages based on filter
criteria, so you can effectively do anything your browser can do when
displaying the webpage. Some of the more impressive feats are
reengineered webpages that are better than the original service, most
of them are mundane and only alter a few values on a webpage.
You can also use it for laser-guided adblocking if you need to.
Unfortunately Greasemonkey requires quite a bit of knowledge about
itself, web development, and the page you are trying to modify, so I
can't be of much help apropos.
Its the same reason for why buying via Aliexpress App on a
smartphone/tablet is cheaper than using a PC.
I am using XPrivacy on my Android tablet which shows, blocks
or allows ANY access to permissions like "Get your location"
et cetera -- I instantly deleted that App after I saw, what this
App wants to know.
It's sad to see another website doing this. There's a few that make it
all but impossible to use the service without logging in or supplying
information one way or another. If the creator of the website doesn't
want you to use it, I'm not sure there's a lot that can ultimately be
done about it.
In a similar vein, my phone now displays advertising. The state of
computing has me despondent.
For your phone: Root it, install XPosed/XPosedInstaller, install XPrivacy,
install
Bootmanager, install PreventRunning, install AFWall -- and your
phone is yours again. Buying XPrivacy is worth every cent (it is
cheap!) and it can be bought directly by its developer Marcel
Bokhorst via Mony transfer -- no need to feed Google again!
For more drop me a PM.
I might take you up on your offer but the main issue is my phone isn't
a flagship device so I can't expect a ROM to exist for it. I suppose
I'll check.
R0b0t1.
