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"We noticed you're browsing in private or incognito mode.". Huh... how can they detect that?
by recursive 9y ago
"We noticed you're browsing in private or incognito mode.".
Huh... how can they detect that?
- hexane360 9y agoMaybe not being able to store cookies?
- recursive 9y agoAFAIK, Incognito modes do generally store cookies up to the point where you close your browser window.
- thatcat 9y agoYou're right, I checked the differences between ff and ff incognito on panopticlick.com and both have cookies enabled. I think it's the blocking of trackers/invisible trackers that the website is picking up on.
- mschuster91 9y agoSubtle differences in IndexedDB handling, for one: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31159316/detecting-preventing-firefox-indexeddb-invalidstateerror-caused-by-private-brows https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31159316/detecting-preve...
- mikestew 9y agoBeing kind of curious, I fired up Safari's "private window", and it worked fine. I don't have FF on this box, but I do repro with Chrome. The detection is in article.js, and a quick glance indicates they're checking if the cookies get disabled. It would seem that Safari does that differently than FF or Chrome, and pass the test.