Hide website from users browser history

Question

I am about to begin work on an information and support services website for victims of domestic and sexual abuse. Naturally, the user's visit to this website is sensitive and the repercussions of their abuser finding out that they have could be devastating. Therefore, I am seeking a way to keep the user's visit as discreet as possible.

I cannot assume the technical knowledge of each user and there are likely to be users of a wide variety of languages. Also, there is the possibility they will need to exit the site quickly (I have the solution for this) and perhaps may not be able to return to the computer before being discovered. So, while the most obvious solution is to have a page educating users on how to clear their browsing history - this may not be the most foolproof method in practice. Because of all the variables in play, a blanket solution would be the best solution.

So far, I can think of two solutions to this but am hitting a wall with both:

Firstly, simply not have the website recorded in the browsers' search history. From what I have read this is going to be problematic between browsers if not impossible to implement.

The second would be to have a landing page at an innocuous domain name that wouldn't draw suspicion and then have a button that automatically loaded the website through a Private or Incognito browser (I could simply write instructions, 'Right Click on the Button and Select 'Open in an Incognito Browser' - but I am searching for a more foolproof solution if possible).

While some incarnation of the second solution seems more plausible - I need to consider that abusers searching through browser history is a possibility and therefore, the first solution is the most desirable.

Any ideas on either of these two methods or anything more ideas you have would be most welcomed.

Answer 1

You cannot modify the browser history using JavaScript. You can alter the stack of recently visited pages, but it only affect the previous/next page buttons. Best thing I can think of : advise people visiting the website to use private browsing mode and clean the history themselves.