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Mr. Incognito (europe.pub)

submitted 2 months ago by tfm@europe.pub to c/privacy@europe.pub

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[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Chrome has always been very upfront that websites, ISPs, and network administrators can still gather information about your browsing.

Notably absent from this list is Google itself. It has not been upfront about how the browser itself is collecting information from incognito browsing.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've seen mixed reports about it, but the best I can find leads me to believe this is a slight misunderstanding, and that the browser itself doesn't do tracking, but that Google does all of its normal tracking while Incognito, like cookies, browser fingerprinting, etc.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It was my understanding that the chrome browser "phones home" all the time, but maybe i was mistaken because I can't find a reference. I did find this from wired:

Other steps Google must take will include continuing to “block third-party cookies within Incognito mode for five years,” partially redacting IP addresses to prevent re-identification of anonymized user data, and removing certain header information that can currently be used to identify users with Incognito mode active. ¹

So it looks like chrome was configured to pass along identifiable header information?

https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-incognito-mode-data-deletion-settlement/