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[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 5 points 3 hours ago

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.

People really need to learn about VPNs and advertising ID numbers and also how your ISP is selling your activity

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

So that's why I got advertisement for weird sextoys on Wish...

No thats because of the dream monitoring. Don't be silly.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 47 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

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?

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

Good for testing instead of "clearing cache and cookies"

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

There were memes about this what feels like at least 10 years ago. Makes perfect sense when you think about it.

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Some ones been caught with his pants down 😏

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 49 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

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.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Do you have a phone? They know where your toilet is

[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The know when I'm in a theatre and automatically mute my phone. Admittedly convenient, but also super creepy

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

I've never had this happen. I need to NOT mute my phone next time and test!

[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 18 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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???

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[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

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 👀.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Oh no! Anyway

[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 10 points 17 hours ago

Glad I don't use Chrome lol

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 23 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

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

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

This was silently changed it used not to have the disclaimer sentence

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[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 13 hours ago

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.

You guys are still using Chrome?

[–] SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world 166 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Incognito was never about privacy. It's about hiding your seach history from your parents or partner or whatever

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 69 points 1 day ago (2 children)

For buying gifts, for example.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 points 10 hours ago

That's adorable.

[–] Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or masturbating to pornography

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 points 10 hours ago

"Ma'am, I heard it's your birthday, so I brought this giant package..."

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 50 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 day ago

wtf was anyone expecting

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago

If you care about your privacy, don't use products from a company whose entire business model is built on invading your privacy.

[–] JaffnaCakes@lemmy.world 365 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] Cattail@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

yeah im part of that class action and i get so many text asking about it

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 26 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I haven't used Chrome in years. Brave and firefox, that's my crowd.

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (13 children)
[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 4 points 20 hours ago

Correct. But it is not the same.

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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Next headline: Google promises to delete the Firefox private window data they keep about you

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[–] andybytes@programming.dev 11 points 1 day ago
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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago

Things do the opposite of what their name says they do. We've been in 1984/F451 bizarro world for a while, now.

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