I think a lot of people have an apathetic outlook towards privacy because they're cynical that anything they can do will have the desired effect. The belief that they can't possibly outsmart these data hungry corporations without putting in what they consider to be hard work is enough to sacrifice it.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right.

Like when I excitedly try to explain the cool way the websites can track you as a user even when you're incognito 😨

People just have a blank stare, like "what's incognito"

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[–] deepinder_brar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are they able to track us in incognito using our IP ? Please explain a little to a rookie like me 😀

[–] nickiam2@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

It's usually a number of different data points about your browser like the user agent string that identifies what browser you use and what OS, screen resolution, language settings, timezone, whether or not you use and adblocker etc... and of course IP addresses

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Incognito doesn't do much beyond not account for your history.

It's good if you and your mom use the same computer and you don't want her browser to auto complete with your porn searches. Not for much else.