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Google updates Chrome's Incognito Mode disclaimer to admit it is tracking users (www.ghacks.net)

submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] PoopMonster@lemmy.world 46 points 11 months ago (12 children)

I'm curious as to what led people to believe otherwise before this update. I don't use chrome but I recall it always being reffered to as porn mode. Meaning it just doesn't save browsing history, no more no less.

Did Google have misleading wording implying it was doing anything else?

[–] anlumo@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago (7 children)

It also doesn’t preserve cookies after closing the window. I’m also curious what people expect that mode to do.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

Well, full incognito I guess, no trace for you, you can surf even the deep web... That for the less technical folks ofc.

[–] Rediphile@lemmy.ca 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It seems the whole last decade has been focused on dumbing the Internet down for the dumbest 10% of the population. The Internet was better when it was less inclusive.

[–] anlumo@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

There's money to be made with more people on the Internet, and especially dumb people. So that's where it's going.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Have you seen when people cry when Netflix removes beloved content for them?

Pathetic.

[–] Rediphile@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand paying for streaming media at all... but I'm from the before times.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Convenience mate, but they are making it less convenient each day so...

Just to say this more clearly, I'd rather watch something on Stremio with Torrentio and Real Debrid than Netflix, even if it is the same movie or tv show or anime.

[–] Rediphile@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

Yep, I never switched from torrents as I never found anything more convenient.

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