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Google to delete records from Incognito tracking (www.bbc.com)
submitted 3 months ago by cloudless@lemmy.cafe to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The search giant will block third party tracking by default for people searching the web in private mode.

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[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Caught?

It was never a secret. The incognito page has had "this doesn't keep anyone from tracking you" for years.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm aware.

It was so obscenely frivolous every lawyer involved should be in prison for fraud. Google never at any point implied that incognito did anything to impact what websites you connected to knew or recorded.

[–] Norodix@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It literally list the entities that can see your activity. Websites you visit, your employer/school, your isp. It conviniently leaves out the browser from this list. Its very misleading.

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Because your browser isn't doing tracking. That's what you're turning off.

The absurd lawsuit was because Google still did the same things server side when you were in incognito mode.