They should call it like Dev Mode or Raw Mode since that is what it's most useful for.
I always thought it was only supposed to NOT save your history on the local machine.
Everything else is normal though... like your browsing history is still tracked by your isp.
I always thought it was only supposed to NOT save your history on the local machine.
Everything else is normal though... like your browsing history is still tracked by your isp.
They should call it like Dev Mode or Raw Mode since that is what it's most useful for.
Or "dont show my searches in my search bar later" mode. Cuz its useful for that.
Or "dont show my searches in my search bar later" mode. Cuz its useful for that.
I never heard of anyone who thought it meant private. I'm sure there are those, but can't imagine it's the majority. I've been wrong before.
I never heard of anyone who thought it meant private. I'm sure there are those, but can't imagine it's the majority. I've been wrong before.
Its called "ingognito" im sure lots of people stupidly thinks that means private.
Its called "ingognito" im sure lots of people stupidly thinks that means private.
ive seen people saying its "completely private" on some other known forum, usually comes up in privacy threads.
I always thought it was only supposed to NOT save your history on the local machine.
if you look up old articles about incognito mode it states the same, and that all your data is saved to your signed in account.
ive seen people saying its "completely private" on some other known forum, usually comes up in privacy threads.
>I always thought it was only supposed to NOT save your history on the local machine.
if you look up old articles about incognito mode it states the same, and that all your data is saved to your signed in account.
Exactly; it only does what you see: no local history fresh separate set of cookies that are trashed afterwards, and pages are not cached to disk. These are all great features and make the functionality worthwhile. But obviously once you get past the browser on your internet connection there is zero difference. Your browsing looks exactly like normal.
Exactly; it only does what you see: no local history fresh separate set of cookies that are trashed afterwards, and pages are not cached to disk. These are all great features and make the functionality worthwhile. But obviously once you get past the browser on your internet connection there is zero difference. Your browsing looks exactly like normal.
I just use it for buggy sites that get their session variables screwed up
I just use it for buggy sites that get their session variables screwed up
I mostly use it to have a fresh set of cookies so I can do a separate login to some site I'm usually logged into without logging that out. Or where the piece of shit site locks me out because I dared have NoScript running and even if I disable it the site still locks me out because I'm bad and it left a cookie reminding it of that.
I mostly use it to have a fresh set of cookies so I can do a separate login to some site I'm usually logged into without logging that out. Or where the piece of shit site locks me out because I dared have NoScript running and even if I disable it the site still locks me out because I'm bad and it left a cookie reminding it of that.
same here
same here
No one thinks its private, its just safer to use at WORK than normal. If you REALLY want to be private, don't use any Google products.
No one thinks its private, its just safer to use at WORK than normal. If you REALLY want to be private, don't use any Google products.
How is it safer to use at work if the employer can monitor your network traffic? Just because you don't have local cookies that show whatever you've been up to doesn't mean they can't see what sites you're visiting.
How is it safer to use at work if the employer can monitor your network traffic? Just because you don't have local cookies that show whatever you've been up to doesn't mean they can't see what sites you're visiting.
And any employer that wants to catch employees doing nefarious things with love for them to flag that activity with incognito mode; it makes it easier to track down.
And any employer that wants to catch employees doing nefarious things with love for them to flag that activity with incognito mode; it makes it easier to track down.
Wait... so you're saying that someone looking at my browsing can now tell if my browser is using incognito mode or not? When did they change that?
Wait... so you're saying that someone looking at my browsing can now tell if my browser is using incognito mode or not? When did they change that?
Same with DuckSuckGo
Same with DuckSuckGo
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