A truly private private navigation? During the last ten years, browsers have been offering a system to walk on the website in a “private” way. In any case, this is what they promise. When we launch this mode, we are isolated from our habits: the cookies that allow authentication are no longer in the game, the history is erased after closing the window and the extensions are ineffective.
But did you know that he did not prevent you from continuing? In Chrome, Google’s browser, this is the case. Despite the activation of the “private navigation” mode, the scripts can always identify it, their browser and their computer. It is intrusive, and especially leaves space for malicious scripts.
A “incognito” mode that blocks third parties
To avoid this, according to the documents recovered by Windows Last, Google is currently testing a version of its browser with more functions for its “incognito” mode. This simply blocks follow -up scripts based on third -party development tools to create an exclusive digital imprint for each user.
This is a way to do without cookies (which are not activated in this mode), which are no longer really in candles in recent months.
To be blocked, these scripts should actively seek to extract the data from a user, while intercepting when passing too intrusive applications.
Obviously, Google’s scripts, very present in Chrome, are not affected, and the research giant will always follow their navigation, understood in the “private navigation” mode.
If this feature was implemented in the final version of Chrome, Google’s browser would align with what Safari and Firefox already do. But they also do it in a navigation window out of this way.
Above all, this modification makes it possible to remember that the “private navigation” mode is far from being as private as it suggests. Google also indicates this throughout the letter: “This does not change how the websites and services they use, including Google, collect data.” Microsoft Edge also works in the same way.
Source: BFM TV
