Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected

Post by BurningFrog » Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 3:52 AM UTC

redleggedfrog wrote: post #80

"Can this fight ever be won?" No, the point is to make the people subverting this for their own nefarious gains (looking at you, NYT) put so much effort, money, and time into it, that eventually they die a slow horrible death and, maybe, just maybe, something better and more relevant and less evil comes along (or maybe NYT changes their ways - either works). I mean, look at this thread, so may great undermining metho…

Post by cortesoft » Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 4:09 AM UTC

oconnor663 wrote: post #49

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…

Post by anamexis » Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 4:39 AM UTC

wintorez wrote: post #40

Client tracking throw Browser Fingerprinting is a spooky tech. Check these two websites to see for yourself. Try using different browsers, even aVPN connection, and see how trackable you are: 1) https://panopticlick.eff.org 2) https://amiunique.org

Post by derimagia » Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 4:52 AM UTC

alasdair_ wrote: post #76

wolco wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They do both or at least google does.

Even if they do both, if the bots always follow what is entered in robots.txt and humans do not, it won’t be long before that’s the primary factor.

Post by kevin_thibedeau » Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 5:09 AM UTC

0xADEADBEE wrote: post #85

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…

In the same way that ublock is a must-have extension for many people, I won't browse without cookieAutoDelete [0]. Mostly I don't bother authenticating with websites anymore, and (I think about 3 maybe? And I just reauthenticate when I want to use those) and for mobile browsing I mostly use Firefox Focus [1]. The ad networks are down to browser fingerprinting now, which will be devastatingly accurate but realisticall…