Google Chrome update closes Incognito detection loophole

An update to Google Chrome – version 74, to be precise – has introduced a couple of neat changes that make browsing a little more private. While the ‘Incognito’ private browsing mode isn’t anything new, there used to be a loophole that allowed sites to tell if users were visiting the site in an Incognito window. With that info, they could then block access to the site if they wanted, which stopped people working around paywalls. Google announced plans to prevent the issue earlier this year, and these have now been worked into the stable channel release of Google Chrome […]

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