Chrome hits the reset button in Incognito Mode: now websites can't detect when you're using it

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You may have used Incognito Mode on occasion when surfing the web with the current browser. Google is the browser par excellence and Incognito Mode is one of the best known options. A formula that promises a certain amount of privacy when moving around the net"

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What Incognito Mode does is prevent them from being saved in your browser&39;s history, and normally cookies and searches are not saved either. This is at least what the theory says, since in reality, some websites have the ability to detect if we use this mode by perceiving differences in the API of the File System.Google knows this and wants to remedy it."

Before continuing, clarify how this modality works in the browser When browsing, Chrome and other browsers store cookies, session, histories, form information, passwords or temporary information. The goal is to keep it safe for future use.

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The difference is that when using Incognito Mode, the browser continues to save this information but it does so in a different place and in a different way. temporary, so it deletes it when you close the window. It doesn&39;t stay local but otherwise, there is no difference with a normal session."

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In fact, finding out if a user is using Incognito Mode is relatively easy and can be checked by browsing and searching a bit on the net. But back to Google&39;s improvements to Chrome."

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The problem is not only that websites can detect if we use Incognito Mode, but when doing so, sensing that we are trying to outwit them (if that expression can be used), these can block access until we exit said navigation mode."

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To this end, Google has released version 76 of Chrome which can now be downloaded on the web. An improvement in Incognito Mode>"

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Once we have Chrome 76 (full version number is 76.0.3809.25), websites cannot detect that we are using Incognito ModeFor this, the developers have opted for the creation of a system that stores files in RAM temporarily, just long enough to avoid the work of Incognito Mode alert systems>"

On the other hand, Chrome 76 also adds other enhancements. On the one hand it will allow the installation of Progressive Web Applications (PWA) from the address bar and in the same way, it will block websites that use flash by default.

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You can try Incognito Mode by downloading Chrome in the Canary version or in the traditional version. Also, if you want privacy and use your mobile, you can always opt for alternatives such as Duck Duck Go, Brave or even Firefox Focus"

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