InControl - Block URLs, Sneaky Redirects & Background Requests

Block sneaky redirects, background requests, video ad overlays and popunders. You stay in control.

What's new in 1.2.0 1. Video guard: removes ad overlays stacked on top of video players, so your click reaches the video instead of an ad. 2. Blocks popunders, which are new tabs or windows that open when you click a video or a link to a domain you've blocked. 3. Pop-ups are now blocked on every site by default. You can turn this off for sites you trust. 4. Everything still runs on your device, and nothing is sent anywhere. What's new in 1.1.0 1. Multi-hop redirect detection: every interim URL in a redirect chain (HTTP 30x, JavaScript, meta-refresh) is now captured and shown as a single connected tree, so you can see and block any hop the chain passes through — not just the final landing page. 2. The current site now appears as the first row of the activity tree, with inline Block / Allow buttons alongside every other domain. What it catches InControl watches two kinds of behavior that normal browsing tools ignore: Redirect hijacks — you click a link to site A, it silently redirects through B, C, D before landing somewhere else. InControl surfaces the full chain. Background fires — you load a page and it quietly fires requests to dozens of other domains (trackers, ad networks, fingerprinters). InControl lists them per tab so you can see exactly who your current page is talking to. How to use the plugin Click the InControl icon in the toolbar or the extensions menu. The popup has three tabs: Activity Live view of what's happening on the current tab. Redirect chains and third-party domains appear as a tree. Hover over any domain, and use the icons to the right to Block or Allow it. Blocked Every domain you've chosen to block. Future requests to these domains are stopped before they load. Hover to unblock. Allowed Domains you've marked as trusted. InControl stops flagging these in the Activity view. Useful for CDNs or services you rely on.