• SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Incognito was never about privacy. It’s about hiding your seach history from your parents or partner or whatever

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      17 hours ago

      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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        10 hours ago

        It’s as far as I remember literally always said it’s basically just turning off local history, and not for true privacy. The wording has changed over the years and frankly only become more explicated and clear about that fact.

        This is a rare case of google NOT being the problem here. People are misusing a tool that has always been honest about itself.