Privacy Incognito mode, VPN, and clearing cookies apparently don’t stop a website from recognizing your browser. Crazy!

[botboy]

This is a reshare from Reddit but one I thought was really good and wanted to share here myself.

Apparently all of that even combined. doesn’t stop a website from recognizing your specific browser.

https://www.reddit.com/r/YouShouldKnow/s/A48hkQxAuj

 

[UnusualSubstance]

If you remove the share link you get a proper embed and open in browser to strip utm tags.

https://www.reddit.com/r/YouShouldKnow/comments/1uoblc7/ysk_that_incognito_mode_a_vpn_and_clearing_your

Also I'm so cooked then.

Incognito is the goat for checking serps without bias though.

 

[shattered world]

It doesn’t? Oh shit.

But I don’t think every website has sophisticated af tracking systems. Not gonna say any specific ones but I’ve created bulk accounts on some platforms and only used rotating proxies and these dumb fucks never catch me.

 

[Michaeldoods]

there’s a meme about Google’s incognito mode that sums this up. I knew about it for a while and it’s why I use Firefox as if I remember right the uniqueness of your browsers fingerprint is better.

I probably butchered that description but it was something like that.

 

[TheVigilante]

there’s a meme about Google’s incognito mode that sums this up. I knew about it for a while and it’s why I use Firefox as if I remember right the uniqueness of your browsers fingerprint is better.

I probably butchered that description but it was something like that.

What about Brave browser as opposed to Firefox ever tried that?

 

[Michaeldoods]

What about Brave browser as opposed to Firefox ever tried that?

On mobile I have. I forgot they had a desktop version so I’ll try that one out.

 

[UnusualSubstance]

What about Brave browser as opposed to Firefox ever tried that?

Didn't brave get spanked for having affiliate links to crypto marketplaces.

The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes

How does this keep happening? It is a mystery.

davidgerard.co.uk

Was 6 years ago tho wtf.

 

[t2van]

Think it's obvious any site will know what browser you use regardless of what settings you have etc.

It's nothing to do with cookies.

How else would it know to render a website correctly?

Seems a bit of an obvious thing really