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jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled

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The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled

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jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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To settle a years-long lawsuit, Google has agreed to delete “billions of data records” collected from users of “Incognito mode,” illuminating the pitfalls of relying on Chrome to protect your privacy.
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    I’m just using it to prevent my depraved, shameful porn searches from entering my browser’s autocomplete corpus. Learned that one fairly early on.

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      typing: 'p…

      Autocomplete: “YOU WANTED PORNHUB.COM, RIGHT?”

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        This is why we visit porkbun every few weeks. We’re not actually registering domains that frequently ;)

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          A man who never eats pork buns, is never a whole man!

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      No, you mean when you’re shopping for presents for your loved ones and you want to keep it a surprise.

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        THAT ONE!! Ahm. Yes. That one.

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