Do you think you are safe using private browsing or incognito mode? You're wrong

Do you think you are safe using private browsing or incognito mode? :smiley:

This will prove that you’re wrong.

This project is a proof of concept that any website can identify and track you, even if you are using private browsing or incognito mode in your web browser. Many people think that they can hide their identity if they are using private browsing or incognito mode. This project will prove that they are wrong.

P.S. It uses browser fingerprinting which you should block (some browsers have this feature while others you can do using third-party extensions). But do check and read the entire summary and try it out.

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Nice post boogey

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:hushed:

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even vpns?

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I’d say there’s nothing on the Internet that’s 100% secure but a VPN redirects your internet traffic, disguising where your computer, phone or other device is when it makes contact with websites, it does add up a lot to your privacy protection.

It also encrypts information you send across the internet, making it unreadable to anyone who intercepts your traffic. That includes your internet service provider.

There are reputable VPN services out there, but making sure that the VPN will actually keep your data private is important, you’ll want to make sure there’s nothing shady in the terms and conditions.

in 2015, a group of security-minded coders discovered that free VPN service Hola was selling its users’ bandwidth to the paying customers of its Luminati service. That meant some random person could have been using your internet connection to do something illegal.

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Any suggestion to lower the risk of being tracked?

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How about a proxy site ??

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Make a few small changes to the way you browse the internet and it’ll make things hard for the data miners to collect your personal and sensitive information. It’s not hard to implement, it’s just about switching to alternate products and services that are better and offer much more features than what you might be getting.

Do check these out: https://privacyfirstproducts.com/

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Thanks a lot!

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What is the best vpn? I’m looking to get nord or express

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If it’s paid and there’s nothing shady in the terms, they’re ok.

Highly advice against the free ones though.

I personally prefer Express VPN.

id suggest ipvanish

So this meme isn’t true?

Anyway, I figured the incognito mode was BS and I’ve heard about the fingerprinting. But this website goes through all these elaborate scripts to recover your name in the next session, but couldn’t that just be done via IP? I will try this now with VPN.

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UUuuuuu, it worked with a different IP. OK, I am impressed. God damn it, @Boogeyman. How will I use private mode for umm my research?

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I thought watching porn on incognito mode is only to avoid it to be on the history and search bar. of course incognito isn’t safe

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To everyone thinking VPN helps, it doesn’t. You’re still being tracked and your browser is still tied to your device.

@RandyMarsh - You mean for research? I only use it for that.

Anyway, it’s kind of crappy that data can be saved and used for next session, I thought it all cleared. So the question is, how do we turn fingerprinting off or which browser doesn’t do this.

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Anyway, can you stop panicking about your porn search and to answer my message

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I will not help you look for midget porn, please stop PMing me about it.

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