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What sites worry about incognito mode and why?
by swinglock 7y ago
What sites worry about incognito mode and why?
- nsajko 7y agoNews websites want to limit the amount of articles one can read.
- lol768 7y agoTo give one legitimate use: One of the clients I work with is a university. Staff are forced to set-up 2FA. We received numerous support calls, particularly from users of Safari, who would find themselves accidentally in incognito/private browsing mode - and then complain that the "remember my device" functionality (which relies on a cookie) didn't work. We solved this with a visible warning to users who are in incognito mode to remind them that they will need to provide a new code each time they login.
- vermontdevil 7y agoBuying airplane tickets.
- inlined 7y agoFor those who don’t understand this one, airlines will sometimes artificially inflate tickets faster for people who visit their site multiple times to create a sense of urgency. I always shop for airline tickets in incognito and only log in at checkout.