It is what it is
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This was silently changed it used not to have the disclaimer sentence
Silently? It's been available for developers since January 2024. Major antivirus and security websites reported on it since then, to count:
https://adguard.com/en/blog/incognito-mode-disclaimer-change.html.
It's been widely reported at least since March 2024. It's been well over a year since that
Hell even this meme is outdated, as the settlement is widely known since April 2024
So I wouldn't get why freak out like after a year?
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Are people required to know how their car works?
Do people have to understand chemistry to buy gasoline or mercury thermometers?
No. However many things are regulated.
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This was silently changed it used not to have the disclaimer sentence
Incognito mode (Chrome) and Private mode (Safari/Firefox) and InPrivate Browsing (Edge/IE) have had disclaimers/explanations for years, Chrome just expanded the disclaimer after settling the suit. Unfortunately for them the judge didn't know how the internet works any better than the plaintiffs. Winding back the odometer on a car doesn't mean toll roads don't know you drove there, it just means "you" have no record of it.
Opera / Vivaldi offer an integrated VPN, but they're about the only ones other than stuff like the Tor Browser.
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Naming it incognito was a mistake. It was always clear to me all incognito is, is a non persistent container to keep your browsing data separate from your regular browsing data. All its hiding is your porn browsing habits from your mom. But of course, the name implies much more.
Good for testing instead of "clearing cache and cookies"
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Incognito mode was always just to hide your local browser history. Think Google would NOT track you?
Do you have Google maps? They know where you are at all times.
Do you have a phone? They know where your toilet is
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Do you have
Google maps?ANY UNMODIFIED GOOGLE CODE OR ANDROID PHONE, TABLET OR CHROMEBOOK IN THE HISTORY OF FOREVER?Then they know where you are at all times. I bet the Pixel users get gold stars. Oneplus have little pluses and custom rom users have
.Oh no! Anyway
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Do you have a phone? They know where your toilet is
The know when I'm in a theatre and automatically mute my phone. Admittedly convenient, but also super creepy
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The Google Incognito tab in any browser clarifies that while it prevents your browsing history from being saved on your device, it does not make your browsing completely private.
Websites you visit, your employer (if on a work network), and your internet service provider (ISP) can still track your online activity.
Hell it even has a link that leads directly to the privacy policy
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/9845881?hl=en-GB
The only thing that shocks me is that no one ever reads it
I need to check into this, but maybe someone knows.
I assumed that if you're using incognito and you don't sign into your Google account, the activity wouldn't be tied to your Google account. It might be recorded and sent to Google, but anonymously, unless you signed into Google/Gmail/YouTube/whatever, while incognito.
The obvious is that your activity wouldn't end up on your Internet history in your non-incognito Chrome.
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I really don't have the time, or the interest, to explain it to you
Then don't serve a check your ass can't cash
a very small amount of digging will show you why.
Then a very smalll amount would disprove me. Until then, my point of not installing this poison still stands. Enjoy your willful ignorance. Telling me off took more effort than finding your argument lmao.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]You're doing God's work in an abandoned universe. Also, I've never heard the check one. I'll be stealing that one.
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The know when I'm in a theatre and automatically mute my phone. Admittedly convenient, but also super creepy
I've never had this happen. I need to NOT mute my phone next time and test!
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Naming it incognito was a mistake. It was always clear to me all incognito is, is a non persistent container to keep your browsing data separate from your regular browsing data. All its hiding is your porn browsing habits from your mom. But of course, the name implies much more.
There were memes about this what feels like at least 10 years ago. Makes perfect sense when you think about it.
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For buying gifts, for example.
That's adorable.
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Or pornographic gifts.
"Ma'am, I heard it's your birthday, so I brought this giant package..."
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People mistaking incognito mode for a VPN or Tor.
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So that's why I got advertisement for weird sextoys on Wish...
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People mistaking incognito mode for a VPN or Tor.
Exactly. My understanding is that you use incognito mode if you don’t want the browser autofilling pornhub.com when you type po in the search bar.
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Wait... people actually think that incognito means that they don't record your searches??
I thought everybody knew that all incognito does is preventing your searches from showing up in your search history.
Did anyone actually think that these big tech companies would willingly give you an option to keep your searches private from them?
Hello????
Always assume that everything you do online is being recorded and seen by someone. Unless you're a master computer wiz or whatever the fuck they call it these days, ALWAYS ASSUME YOUR ACTIVITY ONLINE IS PUBLIC.
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People really need to learn about VPNs and advertising ID numbers and also how your ISP is selling your activity
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So that's why I got advertisement for weird sextoys on Wish...
No thats because of the dream monitoring. Don't be silly.
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Naming it incognito was a mistake. It was always clear to me all incognito is, is a non persistent container to keep your browsing data separate from your regular browsing data. All its hiding is your porn browsing habits from your mom. But of course, the name implies much more.
from your mom
...did your parents not have friends set up packet sniffers?
