1592483 - HP shopping widget asks users to disable ETP

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Privacy: Anti-Tracking, defect)

Description

[Steven Englehardt [:englehardt]]

See: https://github.com/webcompat/web-bugs/issues/43475 for a description.

When ETP is enabled, the embedded HP shopping widget includes the message: "To use the viewfinder, please disable tracking protection" and shows instructions on how to do so via the doorhanger. When ETP is disabled, this message disappears and the actual set of products appears.

It seems like we should recommend this site use the Storage Access API, rather than request that the user disable protections for the site.

Comment 1

[Steven Englehardt [:englehardt]]

Here's the code that decides whether to show the prompt:

<!--
$(function() {
	 var firefox = /firefox/.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase());
	 if(firefox){
            $("#ffki").show();
setTimeout(function(){
	if($("#hpocf").find("#hpEcsfRoot").length)
					{$("#ffki").hide();}else{$("#ffki").show();}
	}, 4000);	
		}
	});
//-->

Comment 2

[(no longer active)]

Reached out to the developer here: https://github.com/webcompat/web-bugs/issues/43475#issuecomment-548031413

Comment 3

[(no longer active)]

The developer found a work-around: https://github.com/webcompat/web-bugs/issues/43475#issuecomment-548052822