SkieDoes Skie block pop-ups in Chrome on managed devices?
Yes. Skie blocks pop-ups in Chrome by device owner policy, so pop-up windows and redirect tricks do not open, and students cannot allow them for a site. It is on by default. This cuts off a common route for unwanted adverts and misleading pages on school tablets.
Pop-ups are a favourite of ad networks and low-quality sites. They open new windows, redirect to unrelated pages and sometimes imitate system messages. On a device given to a young person the safest default is to refuse them all.
Skie sets Chrome's pop-up behaviour to blocked and removes the per-site override, so the 'allow pop-ups for this site' prompt cannot be used. The rule applies to Chrome stable, beta, dev and canary.
It sits next to the notifications block. Between them a website cannot open extra windows or ask to send alerts to the lock screen. Combined with the filtering DNS and safe-sites filter, the browser stays quiet and predictable, which teachers appreciate more than the security argument.
A limit worth knowing: some legitimate sites, such as a few online exam portals, use a pop-up for a part of their flow. If a school depends on one, test it on a pilot group before rollout and talk to the Skie team about it.
Admins can see the rule in the effective policy view. When a teacher says a site 'does nothing when I click', check whether it opens a pop-up window, and tell the site owner or choose a different route.