Comment on Google updates Chrome's Incognito Mode disclaimer to admit it is tracking users

PoopMonster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• anlumo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • kratoz29@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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    • Rediphile@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      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.

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      • anlumo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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      • kratoz29@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

        Pathetic.

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• tastysnacks@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I remember interviews with the development team about it. As far as I know they were always clear what was happening on the back end.

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• anarchy79@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

  Do they literally have anything else?

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  • lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Every time I’ve read the disclaimer it has been very clear and accurate, but don’t let me cloud the issue with facts.

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    • Spotlight7573@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And it’s been that way since the beginning basically and is a lot more upfront about what it does and doesn’t protect against than other browsers like Safari.

      The new language just makes it even clearer it applies to Google’s online services and I don’t see that as a bad change though.

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