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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled

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The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

To settle a years-long lawsuit, Google has agreed to delete “billions of data records” collected from users of “Incognito mode,” illuminating the pitfalls of relying on Chrome to protect your privacy.

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It tells you that you can still be tracked. Maybe not explicitly by Google themselves, but it says it won’t stop tracking.

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