On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 13:06:23 +1200, Peter Reutemann quoted:
'Websites are still capable of detecting when a visitor is using Chrome's incognito (private browsing) mode, despite Google's efforts last year to disrupt the practice.'
Apropos this, here’s an article <https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/21/cookie_clearing_chrome_extension_dmca/> from a creator of a Chrome extension that specifically defeats the paywall on one particular site, that mentions advice from lawyers that such code is illegal in the US under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Of course other lawyers may disagree, but Whether that interpretation would immunize the creation of software built to bypass a paywall may have to wait for actual litigation. And “actual litigation” is liable to be difficult, drawn-out, expensive and painful for someone without access to a 6-figure-and-above legal budget. In short, win or lose, it can totally bugger up your life.