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As someone that has developed ads before, not really. I mean, anything is possible, but nowadays ads are hooked into all sorts of analytics software that deter
by claudiulodro 9y ago
As someone that has developed ads before, not really.
I mean, anything is possible, but nowadays ads are hooked into all sorts of analytics software that determines how long an ad is on screen and things like that. You could try and implement something like what you're proposing, but it would show up as weird metrics on the advertiser's side.
Ads are already in a sandbox (iframe), so you could just make a little extension that sets iframes to display: none and give it a whirl if you wanted to test an MVP.
- patrics123 9y agoWhat about visually overlaying all the ad areas with something else ... lets say whitespace or cat-pictures instead? ;-)
- twobyfour 9y agoThat depends on what your purpose is for using an ad blocker in the first place. If you just don't want to see ads, by all means overlay them and your ad blocker will probably go undetected. But a lot of people run ad blockers to save bandwidth or avoid being tracked or to avoid the malware that's been known to be distributed through even the most reputable ad networks. Overlays don't solve those problems.
- guilamu 9y agoI guess we can all agree that we can't make it undetectable if ads are not loaded at all. The idea would be to load them in a sandbox environment (so it would be harmless whatever malware is attached) and then just send the webpage back to the user ad free.
- guilamu 9y agoWould be a nice start indeed.
- guilamu 9y agoThanks for you technical input, it does explains a lot.