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Wilfred Hughes

Aug 17, 2019 at 04:31

It's fascinating to see the adversarial relationship between the developers of Incognito Mode and those trying to detect it. JS is a very rich environment with a ton of options. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chrome-incognito-mode-can-still-be-detected-by-these-methods/

Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected by These Methods

Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected by These Methods

With the release of Chrome 76, Google fixed a loophole that allowed web sites to detect if a visitor was using Incognito mode.  Unfortunately, their fix led to two other methods that can still be used to detect when a visitor is browsing privately.