On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 5:05 AM, Mike West <mkwst@google.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 1:57 PM Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
> wrote:
>
>> --------
>> >We are. Visit the Boston Globe in private mode, [...]
>> Works for me, but that's maybe because I'm in GDPR-land ?
>>
>
> Idunno. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/
> 2017/05/boston-globe-website-no-longer-lets-you-read-
> articles-in-private-mode/ has a screenshot of what I saw. Perhaps they
> have some heuristics around the blocking behavior?
>
My ad blocker appears to be blocking the script which complains about
private mode. Ironic if their complaint-wall drives more privacy-concerned
folks into full-blown ad blockers, though I'm sure it will since that's the
path I followed.
-Dan Veditz