Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoGoogle updates Chrome's Incognito Mode disclaimer to admit it is tracking userswww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1701arrow-down113
arrow-up1688arrow-down1external-linkGoogle updates Chrome's Incognito Mode disclaimer to admit it is tracking userswww.ghacks.netLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square81fedilink
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·7 months agoIf I had to guess, is because the mode’s very name strongly tells you so? Definition– adjective (of a person) having one’s true identity concealed. “in order to observe you have to be incognito” adverb in a way that conceals one’s true identity. “he is now operating incognito” noun an assumed or false identity. “she is locked in her incognito”
minus-squareLojcs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·7 months ago having one’s true identity concealed Which is exactly what the incognito mode does. Being incognito doesn’t mean you can’t be tracked in your fake identity
If I had to guess, is because the mode’s very name strongly tells you so?
Definition– adjective (of a person) having one’s true identity concealed. “in order to observe you have to be incognito”
adverb in a way that conceals one’s true identity. “he is now operating incognito”
noun an assumed or false identity. “she is locked in her incognito”
Which is exactly what the incognito mode does. Being incognito doesn’t mean you can’t be tracked in your fake identity