Uassets: pornhub.com [NSFW]

[distren]

URL(s) where the issue occurs

https://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ph5cd3984c39c73
(NSFW) for example, but it seems to occur on every video

Describe the issue

Advertisements are showing up in the right column instead of the recommended videos.

Screenshot(s)

https://imgur.com/50XwbfB

Versions

• Browser/version: Firefox Developer Edition 68.0b8 20190606101422
• uBlock Origin version: 1.19.6

Settings

• I have a bunch of other filter lists enabled, but I tested with a fresh profile + default uBO and the ads still show up.

Notes

The ads started showing up for me a few days ago. The ads don't appear in Chrome + uBO. The ads seem to come from an inline script after the closing </html> tag:

...
</html>
<script>window.zone_6={"zone_id":"6","link":"http:\/\/cp.cbbp1.com.\/_z\/eyJjbGljayI6Imh0dHBz...
</script>

I have added this filter

www.pornhub.com##^script:has-text(window.zone_)

which seems to work.

[dumbusernameidk]

ads are back this time they are inside a shadow root. looks like you can hide them but i think the class names are random.

[okiehsch]

Does
pornhub.com##+js(abort-current-inline-script.js, Math, createShadowRoot)
work without breaking anything?

[dumbusernameidk]

everything seems to be working and the ads are gone.

[dumbusernameidk]

ads back again they sit inside a shadowroot again. like if you look at the DOM it just goes #shadow-root (closed) then the ads.

[mapx-]

Could you test
pornhub.com##+js(aopr, HTMLElement.prototype.attachShadow)

[dumbusernameidk]

Sorry for the late response but yes that filter does work thank you.

[in4u]

Please update rules to include pornhub.org and pornhub.net mirrors as well, like was done for onion.

[in4u]

Clicking any video thumbnail on the first visit of homepage in private browsing mode is triggering a popup. Subsequent clicks anywhere in the same session don't seem to trigger it.

[THEtomaso]

@mapx-

Issue:

Video playback fails @ pornhub.com, when using Pale Moon + uBO Legacy.

How to reproduce:

1 - First, this UA override needs to be added in Pale Moon, to circumvent Pornhub's faulty UA sniffing (in about:config):

general.useragent.override.pornhub.com
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/60.0

2 - Try to play a video @ pornhub.com.

Result: Playback fails!

Problem filter:

• uBlock filters

Problem rule:

pornhub.*,pornhubthbh7ap3u.onion##+js(aopr, HTMLElement.prototype.attachShadow)

Possible fix (for 'uBlock filters - Legacy'):

pornhub.*,pornhubthbh7ap3u.onion#@#+js(abort-on-property-read.js, HTMLElement.prototype.attachShadow)

Note:

As a result of disabling the problem rule, additional blocking rule(s) will be necessary.
I've come up with a couple rules, and posted them here:
https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=23825&start=20#p185749
..but I'm not sure if they're completely good ones.

PS:

Perhaps Pornhub's faulty UA sniffing can be circumvented with a ##+js rule too?

[uBlock-user]

As a result of disabling the problem rule, additional blocking rule(s) will be necessary.
I've come up with a couple rules, and posted them here:

Does pornhub.*,pornhubthbh7ap3u.onion##+js(set-constant.js, HTMLElement.prototype.attachShadow, null) work instead ?

[THEtomaso]

Yes, that seems to do the trick! :)

[uBlock-user]

any additional filters required ?

[mapx-]

Even without that replacing filter I get no ads (on right side) (in palemoon)

[THEtomaso]

any additional filters required ?

Well, there seems to be some empty containers on the front page.
This rule (which I posted in the Pale Moon forum) seems to take care of them:
pornhub.*,pornhubthbh7ap3u.onion##.alpha
Not sure if it has any side-effects, although I don't see any at the moment.

[uBlock-user]

pornhub.*,pornhubthbh7ap3u.onion##.alpha

That hides lots of thumbnails on Firefox and one menu component too.

We could add it that rule to Legacy list though.

[THEtomaso]

This takes care of the menu component:
pornhub.*,pornhubthbh7ap3u.onion##.alpha:not(.menu)
Don't see any missing thumbnails though.

We could add it that rule to Legacy list though.

Hmm..
Perhaps it would be better to simply leave those empty containers.
Aren't there any ampty containers in other browsers?

[uBlock-user]

@THEtomaso I added pornhub.*,pornhubthbh7ap3u.onion##.alpha in the Legacy list.

[THEtomaso]

Think you've better remove it.
I'm not all that familiar with the site, and which things should be shown there.

[mapx-]

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/commit/f9d8b8281de88adf20603f4f2322238e0d4224e6

I confirm: it's a wrong filter in palemoon too, removed

[uBlock-user]

Aren't there any ampty containers in other browsers?

Oh I see one the right hand side on every video, but targetting it only hides two other child elements, not the parent element unfortunately.

[THEtomaso]

Like I pointed out, adding :not(.menu) at the end takes care of the broken menu item(s).
Could you post a link with broken thumbnails?

[mapx-]

It happens on the home page.

[uBlock-user]

On Firefox ? The homepage itself.

[THEtomaso]

I don't see it, but some of the +More Videos buttons are moved to offset positions.
Guess those empty containers really doesn't matter that much, anyway.

But what about that nasty UA sniffing of theirs..
Could it be remedied through a script injector rule?

[uBlock-user]

I don't see it,

Put the ##.alpha in the Picker and then click Preview and undo Preview, notice the difference.

[THEtomaso]

Actually, that function doesn't work for me.
Neither in Pale Moon, nor in Chromium-ungoogled.
When pressing "Preview", the page simply seems to be covered by a modal overlay.

[in4u]

There's a breakage. The related videos in the right hand sidebar (of the currently playing video) are blocked.

Also, on .org (for Indian IP address) and perhaps on .net mirror too, there's an ad overlay box which is coming up on pausing the video. This was an old problem which was solved when @mapx- updated the filters to include the mirror domains. It has come back after today's changes.

Just to clarify, talking about Firefox here.

[Vangelis66]

Pale Moon 28.8.4 32-bit; uB0-legacy 1.16.4.19; filters hard-refreshed to their latest versions.
Perhaps one of you filter wizards can solve the following PornHub puzzle:

Sample URL : https://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ph5e5eac0502707

With either uBlock filters, Easylist or both enabled, the right-hand sibebar space is completely empty:

and it's empty all the way down if you scroll...

With uBlock filters and Easylist both disabled, the sidebar contains first two empty containers (the space where ads normally show up is www.pornhub.com##.clearfix.RANDOMSTRING > div:nth-of-type(3) > div) followed by two needed sections, the Related Videos and the Live Cam Models one:
(NSFW) https://imgur.com/ZxYSmEj
Disabling Easylist unfortunately causes other annoyances in PornHub, e.g. pre-video ads, overlay ads when you pause the video playback, etc...
Unfortunately, I have close to no experience in filter lists but, the way I see it,

1. Both Easylist and uBlock filters have some overlap in their capacity to kill fully the right-hand sidebar...
2. The Easylist pornhub "sidebar" rule has to be negated (probably an issue to be reported to its maintainers), while the uBlock filters pornhub "sidebar" rule has to be amended to allow those two wanted sections (just below the two ad containers when uB0 is disabled on pornhub) ...

I hope it's an issue that can be tackled... Thanks in advance, thanks to all for your outstanding efforts in providing those filters to such wide communities! 👍

EDIT: Though on Firefox, I think @in4u's comment

The related videos in the right hand sidebar (of the currently playing video) are blocked.

contains the same issue as the one I'm experiencing under latest Pale Moon with uB0-legacy!

[mapx-]

@in4u I cannot test .net / .org

However, I used an UK vpn and I can reproduce the missing right column
test
pornhub.*,pornhubthbh7ap3u.onion#@#+js(aopw, AdDelivery)

[in4u]

I may not be available for a little while but just quickly tested .com with a US IP and the sidebar seems to be back.

Not sure about .net but you can test .org with HTTPS on Indian IP (https://www.pornhub.com gets redirected to https://www.pornhub.org in that case).

[mapx-]

@Vangelis66

test

pornhub.*,pornhubthbh7ap3u.onion#@#script:inject(set-constant.js, atob, trueFunc)
pornhub.*,pornhubthbh7ap3u.onion#@#script:inject(abort-on-property-write.js, AdDelivery)
@@||static.trafficjunky.com/ab/ads_test.js$script,domain=pornhub.com|pornhub.net|pornhub.org|pornhubthbh7ap3u.onion

[Vangelis66]

@mapx-

Thanks for looking into this 👍 ; I tested your code in My filters (PM 28.8.4, uB0-legacy 1.16.4.19)
and two problems:

1. Easylist disabled, uBlock filters enabled: The Related Videos and Live Cam Models sections do reappear in the right sidebar, but not until I scroll down considerably (pay attention to the tab content scrollbar in the linked screengrab):

(NSFW) https://imgur.com/fzeff3R

That vertical gap can be reduced considerably by the following cosmetic rule:

||cdn1d-static-shared.phncdn.com/iframe-1.1.5.html$subdocument

The bit at the top that still remains is of code:

##.clearfix.randomalphanumericstring

1. Once Easylist is re-enabled, the "sidebar" again turns completely empty 💢 Optimally, we would want a solution with Easylist enabled, for reasons outlined in my previous comment 😜

I browsed quickly the latest Easylist code and there are 419 (!) occurrences of the string pornhub in it, it's quite hard for me to pinpoint the rule responsible for wiping out the right sidebar...
BTW, it's 02:30 (am) here, so I'll be turning in soon...
Perhaps @THEtomaso (our PM specialist!) can devise something once the new day dawns...

EDIT: See below; as it turns, this is now an _outdated_ report, based on _outdated proposed solution_...

[Vangelis66]

@mapx-

(Posting a new comment so as you get properly re-notified!)

My report on my immediately previous comment was based on your initial code:

pornhub.*#@#script:inject(set-constant.js, atob, trueFunc)
pornhub.*#@#script:inject(abort-on-property-write.js, AdDelivery)

However, you edited the code while I was composing my report and I was not notified by GitHub... Sorry!
Testing now the amended code:

pornhub.*,pornhubthbh7ap3u.onion#@#script:inject(set-constant.js, atob, trueFunc)
pornhub.*,pornhubthbh7ap3u.onion#@#script:inject(abort-on-property-write.js, AdDelivery)
@@||static.trafficjunky.com/ab/ads_test.js$script,domain=pornhub.com|pornhub.net|pornhub.org|pornhubthbh7ap3u.onion

I am pleased to report that _it appears to be doing the trick fine_ 🥇 with both uBlock filters & Easylist enabled; a job very well executed! 👍

Other testers on other browsers should also confirm my findings... Will keep an eye for when the code is merged... Many thanks again!

[in4u]

Oh man, I just finished testing your filters and was coming here to report results only to see you made a fresh commit! I'll share the results anyway:

With https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/5799#issuecomment-599276681, .com was ok but .org still had breakage and pause overlay.

With https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/5799#issuecomment-599279485, .com was ok but .org still had breakage, pause overlay plus weird problems on playing certain videos. Like some video wouldn't play unless it was clicked on at least 4-6 times (and play button control was disabled during that time). In one instance, the video eventually started playing but with a small black rectangle overlay stating that "Video is not available at the moment".

With the recent commit, .com is ok but .org still had breakage and pause overlay. However, enabling Adguard Annoyances filter gets rid of the breakage and sidebar comes back. Strange! Pause overlay still remains though.

[mapx-]

enabling Adguard Annoyances filter gets rid of the breakage and sidebar comes back

that list has 3 pornhub.com filters, I don't understand how could fix the issue

I tried some free socks5 for India , does not work

[in4u]

If I disable Adguard Annoyances list and just test with their 3 rules separately, it doesn't work. I suspect some content is perhaps being loaded through another CDN or site which is somehow being addressed by AG.

[in4u]

The sidebar in one of the broken modes and pause overlay mention ads from TrafficJunky. Maybe it's one of the ad serving domains or CDN which is impacting things. How to investigate what's happening?!

[in4u]

See if you can find any working HTTP/S proxy from here. It worked for me with https://www.pornhub.org. Somehow any SOCKS based proxy doesn't seem to work.

Update: Found an easier solution. Install FireX Proxy addon for Firefox and select India HTTP proxy filter. There will only be a handful of matches and a couple of them do work in successfully getting that redirect from .com to .org!

[mapx-]

with firex and pornhub.org

Your requested URL has been blocked as per the directions received from Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. Please contact administrator for more information.

[mapx-]

it seems firefox needs this filter too
@@||static.trafficjunky.com/ab/ads_test.js$script,domain=pornhub.com|pornhub.net|pornhub.org|pornhubthbh7ap3u.onion

[in4u]

Bingo! After adding that filter, the sidebar is back even without AG. Now only the pause overlay remains.

Oh and for that block message, keep trying a few other HTTP proxies. One of them will definitely work.

[mapx-]

Did you try the element picker for the overlay ?

[in4u]

Here's a screenshot of the pause overlay:

Order of rogue layers in element picker is: ###pb_block and then ###pb_template. With ###pb_template rule, I see no problem with play/pause and overlay gone.

Oddly, I just encountered the 2nd testing result effects I mentioned here on a couple of random videos. Will test more for that.

[mapx-]

pornhub.*,pornhubthbh7ap3u.onion###pb_template => is breaking the pages ?

[in4u]

No, that filter is fine and not causing any problem.

It's probably due to previous filters or something else. What I noticed is that randomly a video will not load and the orange loading spinner will keep on spinning. On reloading the page, everything will be normal. If choosing to wait instead of reloading then after a while it may display overlay message "Video is not available at the moment" just as the video starts playing.

On one video the reloading trick didn't work and the spinner kept on spinning waiting for video to load. Refreshed 3-4 times. Finally, wondering what resource was it waiting for I opened the network monitor and reloaded the page. But the next load was the fastest the site ever loaded a video, at par with .com version! (Not sure why but .org takes slightly longer to start playing a video than .com)

[ghajini]

@mapx- if you want to test yourself, try tunnelbear vpn for PC...browser extension proxies never work in india

[mapx-]

thx @ghajini finally I got it running

[uBlock-user]

Those proxies are transparent, they will never work anywhere else either.

[in4u]

@Alex-302 If you are still struggling with https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardFilters/issues/51307 then can you please try the above suggestion by @ghajini and test using Tunnelbear VPN for PC?

[Alex-302]

@in4u nothing:(

[in4u]

@Alex-302 I just checked the HTTP proxy 117.255.222.64:53281 which worked well. Another is 14.140.131.82:3128 but it's very slow and just barely redirects from .com to .org and fails to load full content. Let me know if they help you test the redirection.

[Alex-302]

[in4u]

@Alex-302 I have a feeling that scientists will develop a vaccine for COVID-19 sooner than you can figure out a way to reproduce this .com to .org redirection, haha! BTW have you tried every single proxy I listed here at one go in a single session? It's very unlikely that all those proxies are down simultaneously. I checked randomly and found a few still up.

[ghajini]

Hello @in4u most of ip's you are suggesting or (proxies in web for india) are from airtel/idea/vodafone/bsnl ISP on which pornhub/pornhub alternative sites are strictly blocked on govt orders,so no matter how you convince Alex-302/uassets contributors ,they will not be able to reproduce unless they are using good proxy ip address......

[uBlock-user]

These transparent proxies will be detected and blocked, use a VPN that offers end to end tunnel.

[in4u]

I know @ghajini but not all Indian ISPs have blocked these mirrors. I only shared those specific proxies which were personally tested by me and found unblocked. The only problem is their chances of going offline increase with the delay between my sharing them and the time they are put to test. To overcome this, I had listed a bunch of proxies in the other thread in the hope that not all 10 of them would be offline simultaneously.

@uBlock-user I don't think transparent proxies are an issue in this case. I've had unblocked success with some transparent IPs just like I've faced censor block with some elite anonymous IPs. It's more like if the IP belongs to an ISP which has censored the domain then it will be blocked otherwise the request will successfully go through.