Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected

Post by koolba » Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 12:56 AM UTC

thaumasiotes wrote: post #10

adrianmonk wrote: post #4

Workaround for now: 1. Open the profile menu. (This is the icon in the top right, just to the left of the three vertical dots.) 2. Click "Manage people", click "Add person" (lower right). 3. Type "Darned Newspapers!" and click "Add". 4. When you get blocked, copy URL, use the profile menu to navigate to open a new "Darned Newspapers!" window, paste URL. It's a real profile, so it should behave quite closely and shoul…

Another workaround: Disable javascript on the newspapers' sites. They load the full article and then use JS to hide it. (They also use JS to do the incognito detection in the first place.)

Post by adtac » Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 1:03 AM UTC

underwater wrote: post #19

DenisM wrote: post #15

Can this fight ever be won? If you've been browsing the internet for more than 5 minutes you already have cookies from some of the major ad networks. Therefore if you do not have cookies from the major ad networks, you're either a brand-new device or an incognito browser. All that is left to do is get in bed with the ad network to ask them if they have good cookies for this session. As it so happens most of the compa…

Alternatively, Google starts crawling the web in incognito mode; punishes websites that hide content.

Post by auslander » Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 1:08 AM UTC

DenisM wrote: post #15

Can this fight ever be won? If you've been browsing the internet for more than 5 minutes you already have cookies from some of the major ad networks. Therefore if you do not have cookies from the major ad networks, you're either a brand-new device or an incognito browser. All that is left to do is get in bed with the ad network to ask them if they have good cookies for this session. As it so happens most of the compa…

Post by toby- » Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 1:16 AM UTC

TylerE wrote: post #24

tfha wrote: post #23

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Just don't use sites that dont respect your privacy. If it doesn't like you blocking cookies, walk away.

So, don't use the internet? Because that's what you're describing. Better cut the power cord, too, just to be safe.

Post by tylergetsay » Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 1:19 AM UTC

TylerE wrote: post #25

samtheprogram wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not just use a temporary file system like /tmp? EDIT: I suppose these are often backed by memory anyway, so not sure if this would solve the problem, but interested in hearing arguments around it nonetheless.

Because there is zero guarantee /tmp gets cleared regularly, if ever.