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[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee 116 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Everybody with basic reading abilities already knew that "incognito" is just "not saving stuff locally". Sites can track you regardlessly. With any browser.

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, often misunderstood, you do the same with Cookie Autodelete or Site Bleacher extensions.

[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

Honestly I thought it would send out a no tracking flag. I wouldn't be surprised if it is or will be illegal to ignore that flag in some jurisdictions.

[-] Wilker 15 points 2 years ago

Do-Not-Track requests is nothing but a header on GET. at best, it's useless, with exceptions from websites that already barely track you. at worst, it's another data point for fingerprinting your browser.

[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Ya so a good reason to include it in the next wave of legislation, if it wasn't already in one.

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

So, how much to buy a couple of lobbyists to get this ball rolling?

[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Ehh just sit back and wait for the EU to lead in privacy once more.

[-] Wilker 1 points 2 years ago

yeah that's fair

[-] Caitlyynn 3 points 2 years ago

The Please don't track me Mr Google flag

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The change is being made as Google prepares to settle a class-action lawsuit that accuses the firm of privacy violations related to Chrome's Incognito mode.

This won't change how data is collected by websites you visit and the services they use, including Google."

The stable and Canary warnings both say that your browsing activity might still be visible to "websites you visit," "your employer or school," or "your Internet service provider."

We asked Google when the warning will be added to Chrome's stable channel and whether the change is mandated by or related to the pending settlement of the privacy class-action suit.

Incognito mode in Chrome will continue to give people the choice to browse the Internet without their activity being saved to their browser or device."

On December 26, 2023, Google and the plaintiffs announced that they reached a settlement that they planned to present to the court for approval within 60 days.


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[-] BlanK0@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I don't even use google anymore, I am currently using brave search (actually pretty good).

Not sure in terms of privacy if they respect that much but in my perspective brave aggregates results by themselves instead of just using the google or bing results so they are at least a decent alternative.

Also the ai integration has been good in the search results imo.

[-] LWD@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] BlanK0@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Didn't knew about it, thx for the Intel 🤙

[-] fl42v@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Although, I believe that's about their browser. Also, ddg's browser was far from advertised, as far as I remember.

In other words, librewolf/arkenfox. Maybe also ungoogled chromium, but seems like too much of a hustle to me.

[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid 3 points 2 years ago

google is olny ducktaped to a requirement in the privacy community because of YouTube pretty much nobody in the privacy community is using google or is even planning to use google but there's YouTube and mabye google forums

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