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> The page we're linking to gains partial access to the linking page via the window.opener object. The newly opened tab can then change the window.opener.locati

> The page we're linking to gains partial access to the linking page via the window.opener object. The newly opened tab can then change the window.opener.location Dear browsers, please just remove this feature.

rasz 7y ago
There might be some legacy code using this, but privacy conscious browsers (so not Chrome, but maybe Vivaldi?) should have a section dedicated to turning off stupid shit like this. Opera used to have plethora of options where you could disable user hostile tricks like blocking right click menu etc. Things you could customize (down to per website granularity): Allow resizing of windows Allow moving of windows Allow raising of windows Allow lowering of windows Allow changing of status field Allow scripts to detect context menu events Allow script to hide address bar Enable frames Enable inline frames Send referrer information +ability to disable/set detailed quota/readonly for HTML5 local storage/cookies Modern browser should probably throw in ability to disable/block AudioContext/ navigator.mediaDevices/ navigator.getUserMedia/ HTMLCanvasElement.prototype.toDataURL/ HTMLCanvasElement.prototype.toBlob/ CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.getImageData/ WebRTC/ navigator.sendBeacon/ window.opener