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Tangentially related, but I find it pretty frustrating that websites can detect private browsing to begin with, when all I really wanted is to not have a browsi

Tangentially related, but I find it pretty frustrating that websites can detect private browsing to begin with, when all I really wanted is to not have a browsing session leave a trace on my phone/computer when I'm done. It doesn't help that on iOS, deleting browser data is 4 menus deep, and there's a bug that keeps surfacing allows this to happen: https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1128887578541797376/pu/vid/590x1280/VoOHN21RzB_U47ZC.mp4?tag=9 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1128887578541797376/pu/... Worse, deleting browser data turns off private browsing if you previously had it enabled.

suspectdoubloon 7y ago
I guess for test on iOS would be to see if you could store something to localStorage as that doesn't work in safari would be one way to tell of your in incognito mode.
- 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
  It would be nice if there were an app like CookieAutoDelete [0] for mobile Safari (or desktop Safari if Mozilla keep misbehaving!). You can disable cookies but that's trivially detectable. I guess it's trivial to detect, but it needn't be; something akin to Mozilla's Containers [1] on mobile Safari would be a step in the right direction. [0] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autode... [1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...
0xADEADBEE 7y ago
I had no idea that this was the case; thank you for highlighting it. I also have no idea what would posses the Safari team to think settings I have enabled aren't distinct from data foisted onto me by websites I visit but that is a question for keener intellects than mine. I wish mobile browsing was as good as Desktop. It's such a shame that various restrictions don't afford the granularity of laptop browsing.

suspectdoubloon 7y ago

I guess for test on iOS would be to see if you could store something to localStorage as that doesn't work in safari would be one way to tell of your in incognito mode.

0xADEADBEE 7y ago
It would be nice if there were an app like CookieAutoDelete [0] for mobile Safari (or desktop Safari if Mozilla keep misbehaving!). You can disable cookies but that's trivially detectable. I guess it's trivial to detect, but it needn't be; something akin to Mozilla's Containers [1] on mobile Safari would be a step in the right direction. [0] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autode... [1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...

0xADEADBEE 7y ago

I had no idea that this was the case; thank you for highlighting it. I also have no idea what would posses the Safari team to think settings I have enabled aren't distinct from data foisted onto me by websites I visit but that is a question for keener intellects than mine. I wish mobile browsing was as good as Desktop. It's such a shame that various restrictions don't afford the granularity of laptop browsing.