Hide private browsing mode in Firefox
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(Firefox :: Private Browsing, enhancement)
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(Reporter: MichaelRL100, Unassigned)
Details
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Android 10; Mobile; rv:80.0) Gecko/80.0 Firefox/80.0
Steps to reproduce:
Go to a paywalled site (many news sites, uncertain of specifics) in private mode. Notice access may be blocked.
Actual results:
Site access is blocked.
Expected results:
Private browsing should take steps to mitigate the detection of itself. Sites employ various methods to detect it. Firefox needs an adaptive approach to stop it, such as disabling the indexeddb API on both desktop and mobile, and closing other loopholes sites may use to detect private browsing. I'm unaware of other loopholes, will add them if enlightened on them.
See https://www.ghacks.net/2019/10/09/hide-private-mode-for-firefox-prevents-private-browsing-mode-detection/ for an extension that attempts roo mitigate this. But the extension isn't a native solution and isn't approved for Fenix.
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Comment 1•4 years ago
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Bugbug thinks this bug should belong to this component, but please revert this change in case of error.
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Updated•4 years ago
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Comment 3•3 years ago
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Yeah, seems like it, thanks.
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