this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2024
689 points (98.2% liked)

Technology

59705 readers
5236 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s
[email protected]
[email protected]
L4s
enu
689
Google updates Chrome's Incognito Mode disclaimer to admit it is tracking users (www.ghacks.net)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
81 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] Crashumbc 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If I had to guess, is because the mode's very name strongly tells you so?

Definition-- adjective (of a person) having one's true identity concealed. "in order to observe you have to be incognito"

adverb in a way that conceals one's true identity. "he is now operating incognito"

noun an assumed or false identity. "she is locked in her incognito"

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

having one's true identity concealed

Which is exactly what the incognito mode does. Being incognito doesn't mean you can't be tracked in your fake identity