this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2024
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As soon as Chrome first launched incognito mode, it immediately felt like the "Alert Google to start tracking you" mode.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

start tracking you

As if they ever stopped..

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

A simple spell, wish it was effective.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

The simple solution if you don't want your history to be seen is to have one account per user on your computer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Doesn't solve the autocomplete issue when you're trying to show someone something. I also don't get ads for things I searched for while in a private window. And don't forget how useful it is when you're logging into some of your accounts when it's not your machine, or logging into two accounts at once.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Threat model. Most people never need that protection, but anonymization in front of their ISP etc

[–] [email protected] 44 points 9 months ago

It's worse than that:

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

homer? i hardly know 'er

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh, my God, this man is my exact double! That dog has a fluffy tail!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Tehehehe here puff!

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