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Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected

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Re: Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected

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Post by coldtea »

toby- wrote: post #37
TylerE wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Plenty of sites respect user privacy. I should know; I run dozens of them.

Define plenty.

Are among those "plenty" the actual important pages that people want to use? Or some irrelevant pages here and there?

And how do you know there are plenty?

In fact, even if it is so, how can anyone verify that, even just about your sites? We can merely just trust you.

Re: Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected

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Post by schma »

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…

Alternatively you could use Firefox's Container Tabs.

Re: Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected

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Post by elorant »

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…

The fight can be won if you block 3rd party JavaScript. Just install uMatrix and enjoy browsing the web in half the time it takes without it. No ads, no trackers, no Facebook widgets, just the web we learn to love. Sanity.

Re: Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected

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Post by kspacewalk2 »

Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #28
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…

How about passing laws which forbid tracking users like this and levying steep, business-ending fines against the companies who don't step in line?

No problem. All your favourite online services are no longer free though, what a bummer. Will it be a lite, regular or premium Google maps subscription? How about Facebook Messenger?

Re: Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected

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Post by eckza »

kspacewalk2 wrote: post #44
Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How about passing laws which forbid tracking users like this and levying steep, business-ending fines against the companies who don't step in line?

No problem. All your favourite online services are no longer free though, what a bummer. Will it be a lite, regular or premium Google maps subscription? How about Facebook Messenger?

That sounds like heaven, honestly.

Re: Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected

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Post by liability »

coldtea wrote: post #41
toby- wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Plenty of sites respect user privacy. I should know; I run dozens of them.

Define plenty. Are among those "plenty" the actual important pages that people want to use? Or some irrelevant pages here and there? And how do you know there are plenty? In fact, even if it is so, how can anyone verify that, even just about your sites? We can merely just trust you.

Most of the articles I click through to from HN work just fine with all JS, including first party, blocked by uMatrix.

Re: Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected

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Post by dheera »

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…

What is nytimes.com using now to detect incognito? Enabling filesystem in incognito used to work until a few days ago.

Re: Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected

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Post by oconnor663 »

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…

Sites don't want to bust the experience for brand new devices I think. That would include things like internet cafes where you log into a clean desktop environment, or browsers you use rarely like maybe one in your car. I think if Google can just get a real disk-backed implementation working for Incognito mode, such that there actually is no difference between Incognito and a new regular browser, this feature will be valuable.
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