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Comment by solox3 | Hacker News Reader

An unbelievable number of scripts implementing a browser built-in/extension, leading to this (Opera):

  Error
  https://play.google.com/store
  
  The website does not permit its content to be displayed in a frame. It must be displayed in a separate window.

There are definitely better solutions.

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I agree there are better solutions but some people dont bother with plugins or scripts and/or just want a simple/quick web-based solution... and that is what this is aimed for.

Also worth noting: I literally spent 2 hours max on it. I know a few people who could use it, myself included, coded it real quick... and then here we are.

How does one set their website to be iframe unfriendly? Intriguing.

The Google Play store tells the browser what framing policy to use with X-Frame-Options (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTTP/X-Frame-Option...):

  x-frame-options:SAMEORIGIN

However you could also check for:

  window.top == window

    if (window.top !== window) {
        window.top.location = window.location
    }

It's useful if your website is being iframed to display ads or exploited with cross window communication security holes (old school)

http://i.imgur.com/ePFbiIT.png

Would it be wrong of me to implement on the site to prevent that from happening? haha

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