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Vancouver PD website features Quick Escape button that wipes itself from history

https://vpd.ca/
44•LookAtThatBacon•1h ago

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LookAtThatBacon•1h ago
Pretty cool feature
phillipseamore•43m ago

  (a class="quickBrowserEscape ..." target="_blank" href="https://www.google.ca/") Need to leave site for your safety? Quick Escape
  $('.quickBrowserEscape').on('click', function () {
      document.body.style.opacity = 0;
      document.title = 'New Tab';
      window.open('https://www.weather.gc.ca/canada_e.html', '_blank');
      window.location.replace($('.quickBrowserEscape').attr('href')); // removes current page session DOES NOT WORK IN IE
      return false;
  });
Would recommend picking random URLs from an array.
cube00•3m ago
I always found it weird these "quick escape" buttons always seem to use Google's home page. I would have thought someone coming up behind you and seeing you staring at the Google homepage would also invite uncomfortable questions.
transitorykris•39m ago
Brilliant feature, well done Vancouver PD. A very serious boss mode. Lotus 1-2-3 wouldn't look quite right here but weather.ca is plausible.
defrost•37m ago
Raises the question of whether browsers should have a [Replace Page, Erase Domain from History] button and hotkey.

This is a good idea that deserves to be across all Police, Help, Domestic Violence, 911, Suicide Hotline, etc sites across all countries.

homebrewer•21m ago
Firefox already has "forget this site", which removes all traces of you ever visiting the site, but it's only available from the history modal.

Been there for probably decades, yet another thing mostly known to/used by "advanced" users.

albeebe1•32m ago
reminds me of boss mode in leisure suit larry 1
marking-time•12m ago
That is an old reference. I bow to the senior geek.
accountrequired•7m ago
sdf commode too :)
zippyman55•6m ago
Respect!
CarlJW•26m ago
In New Zealand we have a Shielded Site popup at the bottom of all government websites, and many popular privately owned websites too.

E.g. go to govt.nz and scroll to the bottom. There's a little icon of a computer that opens a popup element inside the page.

It gives information for victims of domestic violence and abuse.

Titan2189•22m ago
Some New Zealand Government / Business sites have a Javascript-based pop-up available called Shielded Site https://shielded.co.nz/

> If you are experiencing family violence, don't worry, the information within this pop-up won't appear in your browser's history.

Pages like Banks or Council websites have it in their footer, so people can lookup information without it appearing in their history

kijin•17m ago
It only replaces the current page, and VPD is not a single-page app. So if you've been clicking around to find something, the previous pages will still be in your history.

If you need to hide your browsing history from an abusive partner, it would be more secure to use incognito mode and hit Alt+F4 when you need to escape. Unfortunately, Chrome renders incognito windows in dark mode by default. If you're normally on light mode, the transition is extremely conspicuous. Edge and Firefox do the same. It's as if all browser vendors have colluded to make it difficult to browse in secret.

zuzululu•12m ago
its too bad they do very little fighting actual crime same with montreal pd probably two least effective and disliked departments in all of canada

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