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Bypassing anti-incognito detection in Google Chrome

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Re: Bypassing anti-incognito detection in Google Chrome

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The easy solution for sites that need revenue is to abandon this stupid arms race and do two things: 1. Force their ad networks to police ads for malware, movies, tracking code, and slow-loading crap. 2. Stop sharing private user data with others. I would turn off my ad blocker and incognito mode tomorrow if e.g. the Washington Post would take these steps.

If you have your ad blocker on and the WaPo did this, how would you know to turn it off?

First, word of mouth. Second (better solution) a non-profit certification authority something like Underwriters Laboratories that monitors ad networks for malware, and gives its seal of approval for good ones. WaPo could then advertise that seal on their website.

Then of course when an ad network screws up you have a certificate revocation problem, but that's another story.

Re: Bypassing anti-incognito detection in Google Chrome

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post #108
post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can turn that off in the settings.

There's a setting, but it doesn't really prevent anything. You're still tracked.

This reminds me of firefox's telemetry for people who turn off telemetry [1]. None of the big three browsers respect your privacy enough to not track you in any way. Not a single one.

Here's to hoping that a browser that truly respects its users appears soon.

[1] https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/21/mozilla-wants-to-estimate-...

Re: Bypassing anti-incognito detection in Google Chrome

#113
post #59

Am I the only one that wants their browser to be 100% stateless? I always run in incognito mode, and I have an external password manager. I have no problems with this setup except sites that detect and block incognito mode. Other than caching, there is no legitimate benefit to allow pages to store local state beyond a session, and I can forgo caching at this point in the game. (I don’t care about offline web apps, to…

That definitely exists on mobile. I use FF Focus, which just clears the entire session as soon as you close the window.

Also, on iOS Safari and Firefox can be defaulted to private browsing.

On desktop, Firefox can be configured to clear all cookies and site data whenever it is closed.

Re: Bypassing anti-incognito detection in Google Chrome

#114
post #59

Am I the only one that wants their browser to be 100% stateless? I always run in incognito mode, and I have an external password manager. I have no problems with this setup except sites that detect and block incognito mode. Other than caching, there is no legitimate benefit to allow pages to store local state beyond a session, and I can forgo caching at this point in the game. (I don’t care about offline web apps, to…

If lots of people did this, websites would start saying "sorry, you can only enter this website if you have cookies that are at least a month old"
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