Chrome updates Incognito warning to admit Google tracks users in “private” mode
Chrome updates Incognito warning to admit Google tracks users in “private” mode
Warning added to Chrome Canary as Google settles Incognito class-action suit.
Everybody with basic reading abilities already knew that "incognito" is just "not saving stuff locally". Sites can track you regardlessly. With any browser.
99.99999% of users don't know this... People who work in IT knows it and that's about it.
This is also why Google search is still popular too, people don't know about any alternatives and are afraid to use something else even. They don't even know why they may want to use something else. It's ridiculous.
Google search is still popular because it works the best for most people. Bing and the others pretty much suck.
I know I'll get downvoted but it's true. I try to use DDG where possible, and I'm not paying for Kagi. It's quite expensive and I'm not too sure I'd like it. Half the time DDG doesn't find something Google easily finds.
And yes I know Google is worse than it was like 3 years ago, but DDG results are way worse.
Yeah, but "not knowing" is not (entirely?) Google's fault.
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Yes, often misunderstood, you do the same with Cookie Autodelete or Site Bleacher extensions.
Honestly I thought it would send out a no tracking flag. I wouldn't be surprised if it is or will be illegal to ignore that flag in some jurisdictions.
Do-Not-Track requests is nothing but a header on GET. at best, it's useless, with exceptions from websites that already barely track you. at worst, it's another data point for fingerprinting your browser.
The Please don't track me Mr Google flag
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The change is being made as Google prepares to settle a class-action lawsuit that accuses the firm of privacy violations related to Chrome's Incognito mode.
This won't change how data is collected by websites you visit and the services they use, including Google."
The stable and Canary warnings both say that your browsing activity might still be visible to "websites you visit," "your employer or school," or "your Internet service provider."
We asked Google when the warning will be added to Chrome's stable channel and whether the change is mandated by or related to the pending settlement of the privacy class-action suit.
Incognito mode in Chrome will continue to give people the choice to browse the Internet without their activity being saved to their browser or device."
On December 26, 2023, Google and the plaintiffs announced that they reached a settlement that they planned to present to the court for approval within 60 days.
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Some Google analyst is rubbing his hands together gleefully as I show him where all the good hentai is.
google is olny ducktaped to a requirement in the privacy community because of YouTube pretty much nobody in the privacy community is using google or is even planning to use google but there's YouTube and mabye google forums
I don't even use google anymore, I am currently using brave search (actually pretty good).
Not sure in terms of privacy if they respect that much but in my perspective brave aggregates results by themselves instead of just using the google or bing results so they are at least a decent alternative.
Also the ai integration has been good in the search results imo.
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Didn't knew about it, thx for the Intel 🤙
Although, I believe that's about their browser. Also, ddg's browser was far from advertised, as far as I remember.
In other words, librewolf/arkenfox. Maybe also ungoogled chromium, but seems like too much of a hustle to me.