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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gizli_rejim" title="Gizli rejim – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Gizli rejim" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navegaci%C3%B3_web_an%C3%B2nima" title="Navegació web anònima – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Navegació web anònima" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modo_privado" title="Modo privado – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Modo privado" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigation_priv%C3%A9e" title="Navigation privée – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Navigation privée" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EB%B9%97_%EB%B8%8C%EB%9D%BC%EC%9A%B0%EC%A7%95" title="프라이빗 브라우징 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="프라이빗 브라우징" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9E%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AC_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97" title="अज्ञात वेब ब्राउज़िंग – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="अज्ञात वेब ब्राउज़िंग" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_penelusuran_pribadi" title="Mode penelusuran pribadi – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Mode penelusuran pribadi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigazione_privata" title="Navigazione privata – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Navigazione privata" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA" title="גלישה בפרטיות – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גלישה בפרטיות" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%90%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89" title="プライバシーモード – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="プライバシーモード" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryb_prywatny" title="Tryb prywatny – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Tryb prywatny" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navega%C3%A7%C3%A3o_privada" title="Navegação privada – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Navegação privada" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE" title="Режим инкогнито – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Режим инкогнито" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96zel_tarama" title="Özel tarama – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Özel tarama" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC" title="Приватний режим – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Приватний режим" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%84%A1%E7%97%95%E7%80%8F%E8%A6%BD" title="無痕瀏覽 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="無痕瀏覽" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a 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class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Privacy feature in some web browsers</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Private_Browsing_in_Firefox_113.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Private_Browsing_in_Firefox_113.png/220px-Private_Browsing_in_Firefox_113.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Private_Browsing_in_Firefox_113.png/330px-Private_Browsing_in_Firefox_113.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Private_Browsing_in_Firefox_113.png/440px-Private_Browsing_in_Firefox_113.png 2x" data-file-width="795" data-file-height="693" /></a><figcaption>The start page for private browsing mode in <a href="/wiki/Firefox" title="Firefox">Firefox</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Private browsing</b> (also known as <b>incognito mode</b> or <b>private mode</b>) is a feature in some <a href="/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browsers</a> that enhances user privacy. In this mode, the browser initiates a temporary <a href="/wiki/Session_(computer_science)" title="Session (computer science)">session</a> <a href="/wiki/Interface_segregation_principle" title="Interface segregation principle">separate from</a> its main session and user data. The <a href="/wiki/Web_browsing_history" title="Web browsing history">browsing history</a> is not recorded, and local data related to the session, like <a href="/wiki/HTTP_cookie" title="HTTP cookie">Cookies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Web_cache" title="Web cache">Web cache</a>, are deleted once the session ends. The primary purpose of these modes is to ensure that data and history from a specific browsing session do not remain on the device or get accessed by another user of the same device. In <a href="/wiki/Web_development" title="Web development">web development</a>, it can be used to quickly test displaying pages as they appear to first-time visitors. </p><p>Private browsing modes do not necessarily protect users from being <a href="/wiki/Web_tracking" title="Web tracking">tracked</a> by other websites or their <a href="/wiki/Internet_service_provider" title="Internet service provider">Internet service provider</a> (ISP). Furthermore, there is a possibility that identifiable traces of activity could be leaked from private browsing sessions by means of the operating system, security flaws in the browser, or via malicious <a href="/wiki/Browser_extension" title="Browser extension">browser extensions</a>, and it has been found that certain <a href="/wiki/HTML5" title="HTML5">HTML5</a> <a href="/wiki/API" title="API">APIs</a> can be used to detect the presence of private browsing modes due to differences in behavior. This is usually why some people mistake private browsing for a <a href="/wiki/Virtual_private_network" title="Virtual private network">virtual private network</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Private_browsing&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari</a> browser was one of the first major web browsers to include this feature, first introduced in April 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-lifehack_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lifehack-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The feature was subsequently adopted by other browsers, leading to the popularization of the term in 2008 by mainstream news outlets and computing websites during discussions about the <a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Beta" title="Software release life cycle">beta</a> versions of <a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8" title="Internet Explorer 8">Internet Explorer 8</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Player" title="Adobe Flash Player">Adobe Flash Player</a> 10.1 started respecting browser settings and private browsing modes in relation to storing <a href="/wiki/Local_shared_object" title="Local shared object">local shared objects</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uses">Uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Private_browsing&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Private browsing modes are commonly used for various purposes, such as concealing visits to sensitive websites (like adult-oriented content) from the browsing history, conducting unbiased web searches <a href="/wiki/Personalized_search" title="Personalized search">unaffected</a> by <a href="/wiki/Filter_bubble" title="Filter bubble">previous browsing habits or recorded interests</a>, offering a "clean" temporary session for guest users (for instance, on <a href="/wiki/Public_computer" title="Public computer">public computers</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and managing multiple accounts on websites simultaneously. Private browsing can also be used to circumvent <a href="/wiki/Paywall" title="Paywall">metered paywalls</a> on some websites.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a survey conducted by <a href="/wiki/DuckDuckGo" title="DuckDuckGo">DuckDuckGo</a>, 48% of participants chose not to respond, prompting lead researcher <a href="/wiki/Elie_Bursztein" title="Elie Bursztein">Elie Bursztein</a> to observe, "Surveys are clearly not the best approach to understand why people use private browsing mode due to the embarrassment factor." Additionally, 18% of respondents indicated that their main use of private browsing modes was for <a href="/wiki/Online_shopping" title="Online shopping">online shopping</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A study by the <a href="/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation" title="Mozilla Foundation">Mozilla Foundation</a> found that most sessions lasted only about 10 minutes. However, there were periods of increased activation, usually from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 5 p.m., between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., and a minor peak occurred about an hour or two after midnight.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Support_in_popular_browsers">Support in popular browsers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Private_browsing&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Support in popular browsers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Private browsing is known by different names in different browsers.<sup id="cite_ref-PrivacyMode_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PrivacyMode-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Browser </th> <th>Synonym </th></tr> <tr> <td>29 April 2005<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2005-04-29</span>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari</a> 2.0 </td> <td>Private Browsing (Command⌘+Shift+n) </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 December 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-12-11</span>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Google Chrome</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome#Incognito_mode" title="Google Chrome">Incognito</a> (Ctrl+Shift+n or ⌘+Shift+n for Mac)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 March 2009<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2009-03-19</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8#InPrivate" title="Internet Explorer 8">InPrivate Browsing</a> (Ctrl+Shift+p or ⌘+Shift+p for Mac) </td></tr> <tr> <td>30 June 2009<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2009-06-30</span>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mozilla_Firefox_3.5" class="mw-redirect" title="Mozilla Firefox 3.5">Mozilla Firefox 3.5</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Private Browsing (Ctrl+Shift+p or ⌘+Shift+p for Mac) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 March 2010<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2010-03-02</span>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Opera_10#10.50" class="mw-redirect" title="Opera 10">Opera 10.50</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Private Tab / Private Window (Ctrl+Shift+n or ⌘+Shift+n for Mac) </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 November 2014<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2014-11-18</span>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amazon_Silk" title="Amazon Silk">Amazon Silk</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Private Browsing (Swipe from the left edge of the screen, and then tap Settings and select Enter Private Browsing) </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 July 2015<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2015-07-29</span>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Edge" title="Microsoft Edge">Microsoft Edge</a> </td> <td>InPrivate Browsing (Ctrl+Shift+n or ⌘+Shift+p for Mac) </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 November 2019<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2019-11-13</span>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)" title="Brave (web browser)">Brave</a> </td> <td>Private Browsing (Ctrl+Shift+n or ⌘+Shift+n for Mac) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Security">Security</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Private_browsing&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Security"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is a <a href="/wiki/Common_misconception" class="mw-redirect" title="Common misconception">common misconception</a> that private browsing modes can protect users from being <a href="/wiki/Web_tracking" title="Web tracking">tracked</a> by other websites or their <a href="/wiki/Internet_service_provider" title="Internet service provider">Internet service provider</a> (ISP).<sup id="cite_ref-fastco-wont_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fastco-wont-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such entities can still use information such as <a href="/wiki/IP_address" title="IP address">IP addresses</a> and <a href="/wiki/User_accounts" class="mw-redirect" title="User accounts">user accounts</a> to uniquely identify users.<sup id="cite_ref-fastco-wont_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fastco-wont-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Private browsers on <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a>, not created by <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a>, must adhere to specific standards and regulations to be available on its platform for <a href="/wiki/IPhone" title="IPhone">iPhone</a> and <a href="/wiki/IPad" title="IPad">iPad</a>. Specifically, these browsers are required to employ the <a href="/wiki/WebKit" title="WebKit">WebKit</a> framework for rendering web pages. Consequently, third-party browsers cannot use their own rendering engines and must depend on Apple's framework instead. This constraint impacts the range of privacy features that these browsers can provide.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is one of the reasons why some browsers have partly addressed this shortcoming by offering additional privacy features that can be automatically enabled when using private browsing mode, such as Firefox's "Tracking Protection" feature to control use of web trackers (which has since been rolled into a larger "content blocking" function extended outside of private browsing mode), and <a href="/wiki/Opera_(web_browser)" title="Opera (web browser)">Opera</a> offering an in-house <a href="/wiki/Virtual_private_network" title="Virtual private network">VPN</a> service embedded within the browser.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazilian</a> researchers published the results of a project where they applied <a href="/wiki/Computer_forensics" title="Computer forensics">forensic</a> techniques (namely the Foremost data carving tool and Strings program) to extract information about the users browsing activities on Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers with their private mode enabled. They were able to collect enough data to identify pages visited and even partially reconstruct them.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This research was later extended to include the Chrome and Safari browsers. The gathered data proved that the browsers' private mode implementations are not able to fully hide users' browsing activities and that browsers in private mode leave traces of activities in caching structures and files related to the <a href="/wiki/Paging" class="mw-redirect" title="Paging">paging</a> process of the <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating system</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another independent security analysis, performed by a group of researchers at <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_University" title="Newcastle University">Newcastle University</a>, reported a range of potential security vulnerabilities in the implementation of the private modes across Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari, including that;<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Browser_extension" title="Browser extension">Browser extensions</a> could still record history if they were active in private mode. Although Chrome and Firefox have since required extensions to be enabled on an opt-in basis for their private browsing modes,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an installed extension in the normal mode could learn the user's activities in the private mode by measuring the usage of shared computing resources.</li> <li>Data erasure by the browser alone is found to be insufficient. For example, the records of visited websites during the private session can be retained in memory for a long time even after the private session is closed. In addition, the visited website records are usually kept by the operating system in the local <a href="/wiki/Domain_Name_System" title="Domain Name System">DNS</a> cache.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, the modified timestamps of certain profile files saved on the disk may reveal if the private mode was previously turned on and when it was turned on.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Software_bug" title="Software bug">Software bugs</a> present in some browsers were found to seriously degrade the security of the private mode. For example, in some earlier versions of Safari, the browser retained private browsing history records if the browser program was not closed normally (e.g., as a result of a crash), or if the user acted to add a <a href="/wiki/Bookmark_(World_Wide_Web)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bookmark (World Wide Web)">bookmark</a> within the private mode.</li> <li>Depending on whether the session is in the private or the normal mode, web browsers typically exhibit different <a href="/wiki/User_interface" title="User interface">user interfaces</a> and traffic characteristics. This allows a remote website to tell if the user is currently in the private mode, for example, by checking the color of the hyperlinks or measuring the time of writing cookies.</li></ul> <p>Bugs and security vulnerabilities in extensions themselves may also leak personally identifiable data from private mode.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Implementations of the <a href="/wiki/HTML5" title="HTML5">HTML5</a> FileSystem API can be used to detect users in private mode. In Google Chrome, the FileSystem API was not available in Incognito mode prior to version 76. To <a href="/wiki/Digital_rights_management" title="Digital rights management">prevent circumvention</a> of <a href="/wiki/Paywall" title="Paywall">paywall</a> policies and evasion of <a href="/wiki/Web_tracking" title="Web tracking">web tracking</a> scripts used to monetize traffic, a number of websites — including <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> — have used such behavior to block access to users in private browsing mode, and requiring them to subscribe or log in. Chrome 76 allows the FileSystem API to be used in Incognito mode; explaining the change, Google argued that the ability to detect the use of Incognito mode infringes on users' privacy. However, it was later discovered that the disk space quotas for the API differed between normal and Incognito modes, providing another means by which to detect Incognito users.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite statements otherwise by Google, this has not yet been patched. Scripts have also been developed to detect private browsing mode on other browsers, such as Firefox.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Associated_lawsuit">Associated lawsuit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Private_browsing&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Associated lawsuit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2023, Google settled a $5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit that alleged its practises allowed it to track users in private browsing mode in various browsers.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Private_browsing&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dark_web" title="Dark web">Dark web</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_privacy" title="Internet privacy">Internet privacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">Web browser</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Private_browsing&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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