web.whatsapp.com

[adguard-bot]

Issue URL (Annoyance)

https://web.whatsapp.com/

Comment

App Banner Advertisement and Notification Pop-up

To reproduce, you need the following requirements: a) a smartphone with WhatsApp installed, b) an active WhatsApp account, c) at least one chat

1. Open WhatsApp, go to settings, connected devices, Add a device
2. Scan the QR code on web.whatsapp.com
3. When your chat loads, there is on the right the App advertisement (screenshot 1)
4. now click on one chat that appear on the riight -> now you get a sticky App Downloadbanner on bottom of your contactlist (screenshot 2)
5. On top there is a sticky begging to enable browser notification (you can enable in settings of the page if needed)

The annoyance is, even when you click away, they reappearance when closing page and reload (even when store Cookies). When you use web.whatsapp.com, you obbviously don't want use the App from Microsoft store as this count for any Smartbanner. Username: @Morku

Screenshots

Screenshot 1


Screenshot 2


Screenshot 3


System configuration

Information	Value
AdGuard product:	AdGuard for Windows v7.18.1 (4778)
Browser:	Firefox
License type:	paid
AdGuard driver:	WFP
Tracking protection options:	Strip URLs from tracking parameters, Hide your search queries, Send Do-Not-Track header, Hide your Referrer from third-parties, Hide your User-Agent, Remove X-Client-Data header from HTTP requests, Protect against DPI, Disable cache for third-party requests, Disable WAP Push Message Routing Service, Disable Windows Defender automatic samples submission, Disable Windows Telemetry, Turn off Advertising ID
DNS filtering:	server: Non-filtering filters: AdGuard DNS filter with AdGuard Home
Filters:	Ad Blocking: AdGuard Mobile Ads, AdGuard Base Privacy: AdGuard URL Tracking, AdGuard Tracking Protection Social Widgets: AdGuard Social Media Annoyances: AdGuard Cookie Notices, AdGuard Popups, AdGuard Mobile App Banners, AdGuard Other Annoyances, AdGuard Widgets Language-specific: AdGuard German
Browsing Security:	enabled
Browsing Security statistics:	disabled
Userscripts:	https://userscripts.adtidy.org/release/adguard-extra/1.0/adguard-extra.user.js
Userstyles:	disabled

Issue configuration

Import

[BlazDT]

Fixed the app banners,

Due to nature of website I am not sure if we should hide the notification one: web.whatsapp.com#?##side > span:has(> div[class]:only-child > div[class]:only-child > div[class] > div[class]:contains(notification))

@AdamWr what is your opinion about notification?

[AdamWr]

I don't see notification banner on my end (maybe I have closed it once and it's not displayed anymore), so I'm not sure. If you think that it shouldn't be blocked, then it probably shouldn't. By the way, web.whatsapp.com is in HTTPS exclusions.

[BlazDT]

Now it is at least blocked for extensions.

[Morku]

OT: Whats your personal recommendation for pages of HTTPS exclusions? Just remove it from AGfW? Or additionally install the Extension, invert positivlist and add the related pages?

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For notification pop-up it's up to, maybe AdamWr automatically allows notification, but if you decide against it, you always get that sticky pop-up. You can control in settings here:

Screenshot-1:


[AdamWr]

maybe AdamWr automatically allows notification

No, I don't. As I recall, I closed this message once and now it's not displaying again.

Whats your personal recommendation for pages of HTTPS exclusions?

Personally I just remove a website from HTTPS exclusions list.

[Morku]

Thank you, you are right :)