Warning added to Chrome Canary as Google settles Incognito class-action suit.
  •  Engywuck   ( @Engywuck@lemm.ee ) 
    70•6 months ago

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

    •  1984   ( @1984@lemmy.today ) 
      27•6 months ago

      99.99999% of users don’t know this… People who work in IT knows it and that’s about it.

      This is also why Google search is still popular too, people don’t know about any alternatives and are afraid to use something else even. They don’t even know why they may want to use something else. It’s ridiculous.

    •  Whom   ( @Whom@midwest.social ) English
      20•6 months ago

      I can imagine a reasonable user who doesn’t look into it beyond the old warning text being aware that incognito’s purpose is to not store browsing history and therefore assuming that somehow impacts Google’s ability to know where you’ve been. Like, they might know it doesn’t stop trackers but assume not having the history logged means it’s not there for Google to take. Or speaking more generally, they could’ve taken it to mean “we won’t track you, but we can’t do anything about others doing so.”

      I wouldn’t say it just relied on basic reading abilities, as you could easily be misled if your mental model for how tracking and data collection works was just a bit off.

  •  AutoTL;DR   ( @autotldr@lemmings.world ) BEnglish
    4•6 months 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   ( @BlanK0@lemmy.ml ) 
    3•6 months 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.