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    • cshane
      cshane last edited by cshane

      Greetings,

      I have spent many hours over many days trying to figure out why magnet links didn't work at The Pirate Bay website. I have figured it out, and I want to share my findings.

      To examine the link, I launched the Developer Tools (ctrl + shift + i) and clicked the Select an Element (ctrl + shift + c) button. At The Pirate Bay website, I tried to click the "GET THIS TORRENT" link.

      The Problem
      The link is partially covered by an invisible iFrame:

      0_1510557427939_Pirate.png

      Cause
      The Pirate Bay website. Also, for some reason it only surfaces when using Opera's rendering engine (Blink). It doesn't affect Chrome.

      Work-Around
      Click on the part of the link that is showing ("...RENT").

      I'm using Opera 49.0. I hope this helps.

      Shane.

      Windows 10 Home 64-bit

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      • sgunhouse
        sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @cshane last edited by

        @cshane Apparently they don't like Opera's ad-blocker, as Chrome also uses Blink.

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        • cshane
          cshane last edited by

          The problem doesn't affect Chrome (version 62.0.3202.89 64-bit). You think The Pirate Bay (TPB) is targeting Opera?

          Shane.

          Windows 10 Home 64-bit

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          • A Former User
            A Former User last edited by

            just tested and it worked perfectly.

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            • sgunhouse
              sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

              So then may be something in your system - an extension perhaps?

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              • A Former User
                A Former User @sgunhouse last edited by

                @sgunhouse said in Magnet Link Problem:

                @cshane Apparently they don't like Opera's ad-blocker, as Chrome also uses Blink.

                i don't think it's a adblocker problem cause i have both the opera and "ublock plus adblock".

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                • cshane
                  cshane @Guest last edited by

                  @chuchkyschild
                  It's not an adblocker problem.

                  If you view the source of the page (ctrl + u), you will see this line:

                  <iframe src="//thepiratebay.org/static/si0Eim0u/exo_na/sky1.html" width="120" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

                  This is the line that is causing the problem.

                  Shane.

                  Windows 10 Home 64-bit

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