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>Google Chrome still tracking you in incognito When was this?

• darig 4y ago
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• shakna 4y ago
  The lawsuit [0][1] was filed in 2020. [0] https://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/candce/5:2020cv03664/360374 https://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/candce/5:2020cv... [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-google-privacy-lawsuit-idUSKBN23933H https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-google-privacy-l...
  • Arainach 4y ago
    That's not what the lawsuit says at all. The lawsuit doesn't say Chrome is doing anything. It's claiming that websites, including those owned by Google, are tracking things in incognito sessions. This is because there is no flag that says "this is an incognito session" sent to the site, and the existence of any such flag would be a bug. There's a constant arms race between sites trying to detect incognito and browsers closing the holes.
    • blacksmith_tb 4y ago
      Hmm, not sure it's too likely that sites can differentiate between first time visitors and Incognito / Private browsing, unless they tested for behavior that first time visitors shouldn't be able to do, like signing in (even then that could be a different device, or they might have cleared cookies). In general I would expect most sites to be less interested in identifying Incognito than ad blockers?
      • Arainach 4y ago
        There are entire businesses built around this: https://fingerprint.com/blog/incognito-mode-detection/ https://fingerprint.com/blog/incognito-mode-detection/ Plenty of sites try to do this. https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/18/18229124/chrome-incognito-mode-site-blocking-76 https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/18/18229124/chrome-incognito...
• ergonaught 4y ago
  https://www.computerworld.com/article/3678190/google-execs-knew-incognito-mode-failed-to-protect-privacy-suit-claims.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/3678190/google-execs-k... And such