So this is why the weird shite I look up in incognito comes up when I search something without incognito mode.
It is what it is
Submitted 9 months ago by weird@sub.wetshaving.social to [deleted]
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Karl@programming.dev 9 months ago
lowered_lifted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
People really need to learn about VPNs and advertising ID numbers and also how your ISP is selling your activity
tetranomos@awful.systems 9 months ago
Nangijala@feddit.dk 9 months 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.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 9 months ago
So that’s why I got advertisement for weird sextoys on Wish…
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
No thats because of the dream monitoring. Don’t be silly.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 9 months ago
People mistaking incognito mode for a VPN or Tor.
Googledotcom@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Cmon if you use tor to search about cookie recipes then you are ill
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
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.
frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 9 months ago
Glad I don’t use Chrome lol
Cattail@lemmy.world 9 months ago
yeah im part of that class action and i get so many text asking about it
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 9 months ago
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.
IzzyJ@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Not a mistake, intentionally deceptive
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
from your mom
…did your parents not have friends set up packet sniffers?
ballgoat@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
“Hey, so now that Chrome has been released, we’re gonna fly up to visit your son and install a packet sniffer on his network!”
Leviathan@lemmy.world 9 months ago
There were memes about this what feels like at least 10 years ago. Makes perfect sense when you think about it.
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Good for testing instead of “clearing cache and cookies”
beejboytyson@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Some ones been caught with his pants down 😏
sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 9 months ago
If you care about your privacy, don’t use products from a company whose entire business model is built on invading your privacy.
Lucky_777@lemmy.world 9 months ago
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 months ago
Do you have a phone? They know where your toilet is
veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The know when I’m in a theatre and automatically mute my phone. Admittedly convenient, but also super creepy
camelbeard@lemmy.world 9 months ago
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???
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You mean…they know I typed “boobs” into the search bar that one time!? NOOOO!!
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 9 months ago
Do you have
Google maps?ANY UNMODIFIED GOOGLE CODE OR ANDROID IN THE HISTORY OF FOREVER?Then they know where you are at all times. I bet the Pixel users get gold stars.
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Oh no! Anyway
Shardikprime@lemmy.world 9 months ago
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
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 9 months 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.
Gonzako@lemmy.world 9 months ago
This was silently changed it used not to have the disclaimer sentence
turmacar@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Incognito mode (Chrome) and Private mode (Safari/Firefox) and InPrivate Browsing (Edge/IE) have had disclaimers/explanations for years, Chrome just expanded the disclaimer after settling the suit. Unfortunately for them the judge didn’t know how the internet works any better than the plaintiffs. Winding back the odometer on a car doesn’t mean toll roads don’t know you drove there, it just means “you” have no record of it.
Opera / Vivaldi offer an integrated VPN, but they’re about the only ones other than stuff like the Tor Browser.
Shardikprime@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Silently? It’s been available for developers since January 2024. Major antivirus and security websites reported on it since then, to count:
malwarebytes.com/…/google-changes-wording-for-inc…
adguard.com/…/incognito-mode-disclaimer-change.ht….
It’s been widely reported at least since March 2024. It’s been well over a year since that
Hell even this meme is outdated, as the settlement is widely known since April 2024
engadget.com/google-says-it-will-destroy-browsing…
So I wouldn’t get why freak out like after a year?
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Things do the opposite of what their name says they do. We’ve been in 1984/F451 bizarro world for a while, now.
Bieren@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s Google. If you are shocked by this, you deserve to be tracked.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That’s simply not true. People can’t be expected to know what’s going on under the hood of services designed specifically to simplify things for non-technical users and conceal what’s under the hood.
Bieren@lemmy.world 9 months ago
This is more about knowing Google is an advertising company and makes money from selling your data. Than it is knowing how the application works and what it does under the covers.
plyth@feddit.org 9 months ago
Then don’t allow them to use those services without a license. It’s cars or chemicals all over again.
Zacryon@feddit.org 9 months ago
That’s called victim blaming.
But yeah. I really hope people stop using Google products. Google is evil.
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 9 months ago
That’s called victim blaming.
Be an informed consumer or a sorry one. It’s anyone’s choice.
the_q@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
Putting the burden on users is a very Google thing to do, my dude.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
No, not really. There are low bars; this isn’t one of them. This is not something I expect average people who aren’t into technology to anticipate. Nerds like me, yeah. But not the public. Though we’re getting to that point.
vga@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
They are fully capable of extracting profile data from you even if you’re in incognito/private mode. And it doesn’t matter what browser you are using.
Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I haven’t used Chrome in years. Brave and firefox, that’s my crowd.
Mwa@thelemmy.club 9 months ago
same i use Librewolf nowadays
andybytes@programming.dev 9 months ago
Librewolf
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Brave is also Chromium.
Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Correct. But it is not the same.
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Firefox is also a web browser.
Oh sorry, I thought we were making meaningless comparisons.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
vga@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
Next headline: Google promises to delete the Firefox private window data they were holding
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Firefox’s main funding was from Google being their default search engine. Which of course means anything searched in Google is recorded to the external IP address logs. So unless you are going directly to the website or changed the search engine in Firefox, yes Google was recording said information (or at least compiling the numbers for data analytics) to use for advertising purposes.
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
I use chrome once or twice a year, when I need to figure out if a website problem is my browser or the site.
tfm@europe.pub 9 months ago
Ironically, I use incognito for that.
tatterdemalion@programming.dev 9 months ago
You guys are still using Chrome?
SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Incognito was never about privacy. It’s about hiding your seach history from your parents or partner or whatever
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
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.”
pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
For buying gifts, for example.
Empricorn@feddit.nl 9 months ago
That’s adorable.
Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Or masturbating to pornography
burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 9 months ago
hey before they do that, can i look through their files on me? theres some porn i havent been able to refind anywhere
Shardikprime@lemmy.world 9 months ago
There is a r/tipofmypenis for that
Maybe someone knows a Lemmy alternative
dumbass@quokk.au 9 months ago
Wouldn't that be amazing! I have single frames of good videos stuck in my head that I can never find again.
stoy@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
Incognito was never about hiding your data from Google, it was always about preventing random websites from getting your data
m0stlyharmless@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
It doesn’t even do that. All it does is prevent persistent data from being stored from the browsing session (so, no disk cache or browsing history).
Dave@lemmy.nz 9 months ago
Except the part where all incognito tabs/windows share the same session.
altphoto@lemmy.today 9 months ago
Go to the website directly! Porn hub is not hard to spell! I spell it all the time even using no fingers at all!
Ilandar@lemmy.today 9 months ago
I spell it all the time even using no fingers at all!
gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 9 months ago
If anyone thought that Incognito somehow protected their data from websites or services, then that’s their fault for jumping to that conclusion in the face of everything saying that’s not the case.
Also…
In lawsuits settlement
In meme sentence, words disappear.
Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
You’ve gone Incognito. Others who use this device won’t see your activity, so you can browse more privately. This won’t change how data is collected by websites you visit and the services they use, including Google. Downloads, bookmarks and reading list items will be saved.
- Google Chrome
Zenith@lemm.ee 9 months ago
But they still won’t they’ll just make a more hidden copy
Mongostein@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Incognito/Private Browsing came about when people were sharing computers more often. It doesn’t save history and cookies and whatnot on your device. It’s to prevent the next user from getting in to your bank account.
Google and whoever else will still know your IP and can use that to cross-reference whatever other data they have on you.
NotAGamer@lemmy.org 9 months ago
Am I the only one who only used incognito by accident when intending to select “open in new tab” from the context menu?
Landless2029@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Incognito was literally only good for opening a second session without you logged in. It did zero for privacy. Even their disclaimer said so.
Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
I don’t care or think they didn’t track that, they don’t ruin my algorithm with those searches which is all I really care about.
I basically just use it to look up whatever new crazy person my whack job mother was sending me some antivax propaganda from to confirm they’re the type of quack I assume them to be.