Published:
May 25, 2021 14:34 GMT
It has been detected that when we use that browser in incognito mode, all the tabs that we open join the same single session, that is, there is no separation between tabs.
Users of iPhone, iPad and Mac devices should stop using the Google Chrome web browser and switch to Safari, the closed-source browser developed by Apple, according to an article published last week by Forbes.
The reason is that when we use Google Chrome in incognito mode, all the tabs that we open join the same single session, that is, there is no separation between tabs. If you have an incognito tab open and you open another, your private browsing session will continue in the new tab.
“Hidden privacy risk”
To end the session and delete this information, it is necessary to close all the tabs incognito. The magazine notes that this is a “hidden privacy risk” because we tend to run a lot of tabs and keep our browsers open for a long time.
“While third-party ‘cookies’ are blocked by default in incognito mode, third-party ‘iframes’, such as Twitter and Facebook embeds, can, under certain conditions, follow tracking users“explained security researchers Tomm Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry in a video from YouTube.
They also indicate that if the user is logged in, a service can associate reference information in the link with their account, detailing that this will not happen in Safari because that browser provides a separate session for each window and private tab.
Why Safari?
At the beginning of last year, Google announced a plan to gradually block third-party tracking cookies in Chrome over a period of two years, but in a second. video recently posted by Mysk and Haj Bakry is shown to have not made any changes, so advertisers can still freely track users who open web pages in that browser.
“Safari not only blocks third-party ‘cookies’ by default, it also removes source ‘cookies’ from sites that haven’t been visited in seven days,” continue security researchers. “Safari treats ‘cookies’ more carefully than Chrome “, they add.
On the other hand, Forbes points out that Chrome is preparing a tracking tool called FLoC, which is administered by Google. “This will further differentiate it from Apple, as the nuances of algorithmically categorized users who are identified by common navigation links become apparent,” the text concludes.
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