Chrome updates Incognito warning to admit Google tracks users in “private” mode

BurningnnTree , 5 months ago

So to clarify, this is saying that if you're logged into your Google account in Chrome and you launch an incognito window, your browsing activity will still get associated with your Google account, which will affect your ad recommendations? Is that right?

Kangie , 5 months ago

It's saying that incognito mode doesn't prevent people on the web from tracking you, that's all.

I.e. enabling incognito mode could still have an entity profile you, etc. like your ISP, government, or any corporation that you visit the website for.

This is a nothingburger.

Invertedouroboros , 5 months ago

This... this is news to people?

ZeroCool , 5 months ago

Standard Lemmy comment recommending Firefox.

ZeroCool , 5 months ago

Standard Lemmy reply recommending DuckDuckGo.

ZeroCool , 5 months ago

Standard Lemmy Counter point recommending StartPage.

ZeroCool , 5 months ago

Standard Lemmy reply mentioning Kagi is great if you’re willing to pay for a search engine.

saltesc , 5 months ago

Standard Lemmy comment completely unrelated to what's being said but somehow still finding a way to call you a piece of shit for not being pitically or socially progressive enough and therefore a Nazi.

Aopen , 5 months ago

Standard Lemmy user recommending Linux

vexikron , 5 months ago

Non standard comment recommending SearX?

muntedcrocodile , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago)

Ive heard about it what is it please explain.

Edit: seems it nolonger maintaned but found the searxng fork been running it a while now works great no complaints from me.

vexikron , 5 months ago

More or less SearX is an open source meta-search engine that can be customized and configured to look through a wide array of existing search engines.

Anybody can run a SearX instance, and many do, with different backend configuration, and sometimes a bit of a customized front end.

Https://searx.space has an updated and detailed list of these instances.

muntedcrocodile , 5 months ago

Can i just host it on localhost with a daemon cos my server is at home and running at possibly the worse internet speeds in history.

Bo7a , 5 months ago

You can. That is how I use it.

muntedcrocodile , 5 months ago

Well thank you kind lemmyer. You have convinced me. Been on duckduck go for a while but when times get desperate i go to google and its making less and less helpfull results.

hagelslager , 5 months ago

Unfortunately startpage has been owned by an ad agency for some years now.

Ganbat , 5 months ago

Non-standard reminder that DDG has sold out users in the past.

squid_slime , 5 months ago

Based

PizzaFacia , 5 months ago

I use Brave, is this a Lemmy Standard?

Ephera , 5 months ago

No, their CEO is a homophobe. And Brave is lipstick on a Chrome.

PizzaFacia , 5 months ago

Thank you. The more you know.

helenslunch , 5 months ago

What you should know is that the CEO, like most CEOs, is not a great guy and their "homophobe" accusation boils down to a single $1k donation >10 years ago.

Also almost no one seems to understand that Chromium-based browsers are not the same thing as Chrome.

squid_slime , 5 months ago

Degoogled chrome and chromium are pretty good.

As to brave, I think the crypto stuff turned people off

autotldr Bot , 5 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

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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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