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posted by martyb on Wednesday July 31 2019, @01:56AM   Printer-friendly
from the take-that! dept.

https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/30/chrome-76-thwarts-private-browsing-mode/

As promised, Google is ready to make websites respect Incognito mode whether they like it or not. The company has released Chrome 76 for Linux, Mac and Windows, closing a loophole that let sites detect private browsing by looking for the presence of a key framework. If you're tired of sites insisting that you either sign in or use the standard mode, relief is in sight.

We've tested the new approach ourselves, and it appears to work with at least a couple of news outlets that previously stopped Incognito users who didn't sign in.

Begun, the incognito wars have!

Previously: Chrome 76 Prevents NYT and Other News Sites From Detecting Incognito Mode.


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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Wednesday July 31 2019, @02:49PM (2 children)

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Wednesday July 31 2019, @02:49PM (#873563) Journal

    IIRC I think NYT does - a lot of the articles referenced here, for me, comes up as "You're in Private mode which is only for subscribers. Sorreeee would you like to subscribe?"

    The real question is will such sites put up with this or simply say, "We see you're using Chrome. Sorry - you have to access this using Edge or Firefox!"

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 31 2019, @02:53PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 31 2019, @02:53PM (#873566)

    If I need to see propaganda, I go there with javascript turned off by default, and I see the full article.

  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by anubi on Thursday August 01 2019, @12:30AM

    by anubi (2828) on Thursday August 01 2019, @12:30AM (#873799) Journal

    The internet's too big and life's too short to bicker with jackass corporate webmasters. Like Sears, they have outgrown their youth, and are now focused on controlling their customer, that is those who will tolerate it.

    Just ignore them like that overpriced eatery. Google already shows me sites I won't go to because I already know the rude reception I got last time I visited. You know, kinda like the pharmacy that has people blocking the entrance trying to get a dollar out of you before they will get out of your way.

    Just know there exist highly paid business people who will actually hire webmasters to code scripts to do the same thing in front of their internet portal.

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