Description of the issue: A new ad tab opens when clicking somewhere on the webpage.
Exact URL of the website in question: animekai.to/home
Did the issue present with default Shields settings? (yes/no) yes
Does the site function as expected when Shields are turned off? Yes
Does the ad appear when using a Private window as well? (yes/no) yes
What OS are you using when you see the ad?
Android
Brave version (check About Brave):
Brave 1.89.137, Chromium 147.0.7727.102
I played https://anikai.to/watch/dr-stone-science-future-part-3-wrw18#ep=1 got no popups from the video (server 1 and 2), which option is causing the popups?
It covers the full page, not the video. After one or two clicks on some elements, the ads get activated most of the time, at least for me, and I’ve seen other people also complain about it.
For example, you click on a show element card, but it opens a pop-up in another tab.
I guess if you just try clicking random elements on the website, you’ll be able to see the ads open in another tab.
One more ad link in animekai @fanboynz
Seems fine here, no popups seen, playback works
This is wrong, I can confirm a popup ad DOES appear if you tap around the site. Do NOT load a video, just explore it, use it. Within a few minutes, a popup ad WILL appear and redirect you to another site.
I suspect because it loads random sites and doesn’t act like a popup “ad”, it might be attempting to hijack session tokens. This really does need to be looked into as I can clearly confirm it. My screenshot here was after selecting to look at TV shows instead of movies, and that site in my screenshot is NOT the site @thecs is talking about, but rather it’s the popup they are referring to. (This is backed up by the fact that @thecs video even shows that very prompt that it’s trying to track across sites, aka hijack the tokens.)
Please look into this further, this user is not lying and the issue was verified by me within 2 minutes.
