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Two questions: 1. What does it matter if the creators of a website are aware that a user is using private browsing to view the site? In other words, what would
by ZenoArrow 9y ago
Two questions:
1. What does it matter if the creators of a website are aware that a user is using private browsing to view the site? In other words, what would they do with this information?
2. As it's possible to strip out referral information using other means, assuming there's a practical use for this "private browser user" information, what could the site creators do to guard against false positives?
- rodorgas 9y agoThere are some news websites that blocks private browsing[1]. Private browsing is a method of bypass the paywall, so they they make a private-browsing-wall. 1: https://imgur.com/a/gXEtl https://imgur.com/a/gXEtl
- darkstar999 9y agoWhat is the current mechanism for them to know that you are in private browsing mode?
- gruez 9y agoprobably checking whether the DNT header is set to 1, or whether a known tracking domain is blocked (firefox has tracking protection by default in private browsing).
- cpeterso 9y agoWebsites can use IndexedDB to test for PBM. Firefox and Edge don't support IndexedDB in PBM. Chrome supports it using a temporary database.