Re: [w3ctag/design-reviews] Get Installed Related Apps (#436)

Hello,

That's a very interesting point which I hadn't considered. Let me start by giving some context around why the incognito restriction was added initially. We were worried that a website might force users to use the native application when users are actually trying to use the website in a privacy preserving mode.

I think this is a useful privacy improvement that will benefit all origins. On the other hand, the situation described by @lknik might give a select few websites another signal for fingerprinting privacy preserving mode, although it will still have false positives (when users uninstall the pre-installed apps).

At this point, I believe the benefits of keeping the privacy preserving mode restrictions outweigh those of the alternative. 

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