# gautamkrishnar/nothing-private

Do you think you are safe using private browsing or incognito mode?. :smile: :imp: This will prove that you're wrong.   Previously hosted at nothingprivate.ml

Repository: https://github.com/gautamkrishnar/nothing-private
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nothing-private
Homepage: https://nothingprivate.gkr.pw
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: privacy, browsers, website, browser-fingerprinting, private-browsing, icognito-mode, fingerprinting, security, proof-of-concept, hacktoberfest, google-analytics
Last push: 2025-12-09T23:14:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 48/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 56, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3547, "days_push": 267, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2285, forks 166 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:34.023368+00:00)

## What it is
Nothing Private is a proof-of-concept website demonstrating that browser fingerprinting can identify and track users even in private browsing or incognito mode. Users enter their name, revisit the site in incognito mode, and the site recognizes them, proving private browsing does not prevent tracking.

## Use cases
- demonstrate that incognito mode does not make you anonymous
- test whether my browser is vulnerable to fingerprinting
- educate others about web tracking and browser fingerprinting
- find browsers with fingerprinting countermeasures
- show how websites can identify users without cookies

## When to choose
- you want a hands-on demo to show people that private browsing is not anonymous
- you are researching or teaching browser fingerprinting techniques
- you want to test a browser's resistance to fingerprint-based tracking

## When to avoid
- you need a privacy tool or anti-tracking software - this is a demo, not protection
- you need production-grade fingerprinting detection or blocking for your own site
- you want a comprehensive privacy audit of your system

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: security, privacy, developer-tools
- domain: privacy, security, web-development, browser-extensions
- platform: browser
- tags: browser-fingerprinting, proof-of-concept, incognito-mode, tracking-demo, privacy-education, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- gautamkrishnar/nothing-private (main) score 48

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:34.023368+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:41:04.209400+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gautamkrishnar/nothing-private (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:34.023368+00:00, sha 34f87d1b3a88)
  - homepage: https://nothingprivate.gkr.pw (fetched 2026-08-29T10:21:40.726004+00:00, sha b9e5b6cc190b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.