| tldr: Why should I be made to feel dirty if I don’t want to be surveilled? If the new profile is sufficiently similar to your actual profile, the browser’s “fingerprint”, combined with network and machine information might still register. On a non technical note I have a problem with browser makers chosing “sleuth” or risqué masquerading looking icons to represent “private” browsers. I turn on private browsing and the browser makes me feel sneaky or shifty or shady or suspicious (I’m just now noticing how many of those words start with “s”, interesting). When I step out of my house and hope to not be tracked and surveilled I do not put on some Carmen Sandiego looking private eye get-up. (Unfortunately, I actually might have to in some cities, like London. And I’d def need to leave my digital devices at home.) We opt-in to “do not track” and the servers ignore. We choose “incognito” mode and that’s not quite enough, even though at this point we are feeling dirty and sneaky because of the UI. I add uBlock Origin and Disconnect and now I feel like a full blown activist. How do we flip the table so that the servers have to opt in to “Private Eye” mode? And if they’re still not getting enough info they have to enable “Five Eyes” mode. And if they’re still not getting what they need they can ask us to install the optional “surveillance state” module. Not having the largest social network and largest browser maker both be for profit corporations with business models based on harvesting user information would be a start. |