So this is why the weird shite I look up in incognito comes up when I search something without incognito mode.
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2025
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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.
This is the consequence of wrapping everything in glossy plastics and dumbed down UI for decades. People don't want to learn, and even if they do it's all hidden away behind blobs and bloats.
Yes a lot of people thought that
People really need to learn about VPNs and advertising ID numbers and also how your ISP is selling your activity
People mistaking incognito mode for a VPN or Tor.
Cmon if you use tor to search about cookie recipes then you are ill, Schizo
Healthy people use tor to hire hitman on their boss after boss fired them, or a hacker to doxx the jerk that downvoted them
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.
So that's why I got advertisement for weird sextoys on Wish...
No thats because of the dream monitoring. Don't be silly.
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.
Not a mistake, intentionally deceptive
from your mom
...did your parents not have friends set up packet sniffers?
“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!”
Your parents seriously didnt do that, though?
Good for testing instead of "clearing cache and cookies"
There were memes about this what feels like at least 10 years ago. Makes perfect sense when you think about it.
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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.
Do you have a phone? They know where your toilet is
The know when I'm in a theatre and automatically mute my phone. Admittedly convenient, but also super creepy
I've never had this happen. I need to NOT mute my phone next time and test!
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???
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Do you have ~~Google maps?~~ ANY UNMODIFIED GOOGLE CODE OR ANDROID PHONE, TABLET OR CHROMEBOOK IN THE HISTORY OF FOREVER?
Then they know where you are at all times. I bet the Pixel users get gold stars. Oneplus have little pluses and custom rom users have 👀.
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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
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/9845881?hl=en-GB
The only thing that shocks me is that no one ever reads it
This was silently changed it used not to have the disclaimer sentence
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Glad I don't use Chrome lol
Incognito was never about privacy. It's about hiding your seach history from your parents or partner or whatever
For buying gifts, for example.
Or masturbating to pornography
Or buying pornography.
Or pornographic gifts.
"Ma'am, I heard it's your birthday, so I brought this giant package..."
That's adorable.
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."
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You guys are still using Chrome?
wtf was anyone expecting
If you care about your privacy, don't use products from a company whose entire business model is built on invading your privacy.
I don’t believe for a second that they are actually going to delete any data they stole from users.
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hey before they do that, can i look through their files on me? theres some porn i havent been able to refind anywhere
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Incognito was literally only good for opening a second session without you logged in. It did zero for privacy. Even their disclaimer said so.
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