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I find this very silly. Incognito always had disclaimers about how it doesn't protect you from tracking. Do people not know Google is just a website that does taking (or did anyway) like any other? And how tf did Google lose that lawsuit when eulas have "this software isn't fit for any purpose" clauses ~~and incognito was never advertised for privacy to begin with~~ and straight up tells you it doesnt give you privacy when you open it.
“If you’re concerned, for whatever reason, you do not wish to be tracked by federal and state authorities, my strong recommendation is to use [Google Chrome’s] incognito mode.”
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2015/01/05/super-cookies-can-track-you-over-google-incognito/
I stand corrected
If I had to guess, is because the mode's very name strongly tells you so?
Definition-- adjective (of a person) having one's true identity concealed. "in order to observe you have to be incognito"
adverb in a way that conceals one's true identity. "he is now operating incognito"
noun an assumed or false identity. "she is locked in her incognito"
Which is exactly what the incognito mode does. Being incognito doesn't mean you can't be tracked in your fake identity
not protecting users from tracking is very different than wantonly tracking users yourself when they literally hit the privacy button
I would think such a thing would be a bigger liability. Because even if Google stops tracking you other trackers wouldn't. If people didn't read and understand "this does not protect against trackers" they definitely aren't going to do that with "this will stop Google's trackers but not 3rd party ones".