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The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled (www.wired.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 78 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

The op link hit a paywall for me, this one is working:

https://web.archive.org/web/20240401221646/https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-incognito-mode-data-deletion-settlement/

the company will now pay “zero” dollars as part of the settlement after earlier facing a $5 billion penalty.

I guess they would call that a win

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

Fuck google

[–] [email protected] 45 points 7 months ago

And they’re allowed to start doing it again in 5 years

block third-party cookies within Incognito mode for five years