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Google Discloses That Incognito Mode in Chrome Isn't Entirely 'Private' (news.itsfoss.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Google was already in the middle of a class-action lawsuit regarding the incognito mode, where they were accused of tracking user activity. And, they agreed to settle the lawsuit.

To conclude that and move on, they will have to make the necessary changes to prevent another lawsuit against them.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (3 children)

While this might be obvious to you or I, it's obviously not obvious to some people who think it gives them some semblance of privacy.

The only "private mode" of browsing is anything that's not Chrome or Edge.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The only "private mode" of browsing is anything that's not Chrome or Edge.

Firefox's private mode says:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/common-myths-about-private-browsing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm not reading that. I know what I'm talking about.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Ok. I'll leave it just in case someone else doesn't.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

it’s obviously not obvious to some people who think it gives them some semblance of privacy.people who think it gives them some semblance of privacy.

As I said in a different comment, it should have been obvious to anyone with with basic reading skills. Google may be a shitty company (it surely is), but the PEBCAK factor is strong factor in this case.

The only “private mode” of browsing is anything that’s not Chrome or Edge.

Disagree. Independently on the browser you use, website may track you server side and you wouldn't ever know.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

it should have been obvious to anyone with with basic reading skills

Just because you have the skill to read doesn't mean you read ever piece of text in the known universe.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Right. Much easier to avoid reading altogether and just blame someone else when bad thing occur. Typical.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How much obvious does it need to be?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

They lost a $5B lawsuit because the things on that page weren't true.