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[-] Spotlight7573@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

The names of the similar features in other browsers aren't much better but most browsers are pretty clear about what it protects against and what it does not protect against.

Chrome mentions that it doesn't hide you from the websites you go to on the incognito window new tab page and their documention:

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95464

They've also had mentions that it doesn't protect against everything since at least 2013:

Going incognito doesn't affect the behavior of other people, servers, or software.

Edge mentions it on their InPrivate window new tab page and their documentation:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/browse-inprivate-in-microsoft-edge-cd2c9a48-0bc4-b98e-5e46-ac40c84e27e2

Firefox mentions it on their private browsing window new tab page and their documentation (and highlights it actually):

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/private-browsing-use-firefox-without-history

Safari doesn't mention it in either place from what I can tell:

https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/browse-privately-ibrw1069/mac

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