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Bloomberg Joins The New York Times in Detecting Chrome's Incognito Mode

15 pointsby sawarunaover 5 years ago
see: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;MSGQbIm.png<p>In August some (e.g. [1],[2]) were writing about sites detecting private browsing, specifically the NYT, in order to block people who were using Incognito mode in Chrome to get around free article limits. Looks like Bloomberg now has this feature active as well.<p>[1] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;9to5google.com&#x2F;2019&#x2F;08&#x2F;09&#x2F;new-york-times-detect-incognito-chrome-76&#x2F;<p>[2] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bleepingcomputer.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;google&#x2F;google-chrome-incognito-mode-can-still-be-detected-by-these-methods&#x2F;

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savanalyover 5 years ago
For those who don&#x27;t know, you can get around their incognito detection. Go to chrome:&#x2F;&#x2F;flags&#x2F; and set &quot;Filesystem API in Incognito&quot; to enabled.
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TheChaplainover 5 years ago
Firefox containers is the solution, especially with this addon: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;addons.mozilla.org&#x2F;en-US&#x2F;firefox&#x2F;addon&#x2F;temporary-containers&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;addons.mozilla.org&#x2F;en-US&#x2F;firefox&#x2F;addon&#x2F;temporary-con...</a><p>What it does is create a new container every time you visit the specified site.<p>*Edit: Spelling.
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wallacolooover 5 years ago
Not just Chrome: they do the same thing if you&#x27;re using Firefox Focus on mobile (which probably means they block Firefox Private Browsing on desktop, too).
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jaredsohnover 5 years ago
chrome profiles is another solution for this
ekafascoover 5 years ago
brave private mode is still undetected