People mistaking incognito mode for a VPN or Tor.
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2025
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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.
Good for testing instead of "clearing cache and cookies"
Some ones been caught with his pants down 😏
Glad I don't use Chrome lol
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
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!
User visits Google (logged in)
User visits Google, without cookies, but from the same IP, same user agent, same resolution, same OS, same enabled plugins, same browser version number, same fingerprint (based on al the previous information).
Google, who could this possibly be???
You mean...they know I typed "boobs" into the search bar that one time!? NOOOO!!
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
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.
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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If you care about your privacy, don't use products from a company whose entire business model is built on invading your privacy.
yeah im part of that class action and i get so many text asking about it
wtf was anyone expecting
You guys are still using Chrome?
Things do the opposite of what their name says they do. We've been in 1984/F451 bizarro world for a while, now.
Incognito was never about privacy. It's about hiding your seach history from your parents or partner or whatever
and i'm pretty sure the browsers have been quite explicit about this for a long time now, but of course no one bothers to read "This won't change how data is collected by websites you visit and the services they use, including Google."
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For buying gifts, for example.
That's adorable.
Or masturbating to pornography
Or buying pornography.
Or pornographic gifts.
"Ma'am, I heard it's your birthday, so I brought this giant package..."
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