Mind you, this criticism applies to Chrome’s Incognito mode (and Google is getting sued over this, not just by Texas). Gizmodo brings up other research as well: In a 2018 study, 56.3% of participants believed Incognito prevented Google from seeing their search history, 37% thought Incognito could prevent their employer from tracking them and a smaller number thought it protected them from malware. Your ISP, your employer, websites, search engines, governments and other third-party snoopers can still collect your data and track your IP address.” It only erases your browsing history, deletes cookies when you close the browser, and removes the data you enter in online forms. “It doesn’t encrypt or route your traffic via remote server the way a VPN does. “Your private browsing mode only blocks your own browser from recording your traffic and it doesn’t hide your IP,” Nord Virtual Private Network’s Daniel Markuson writes. In reality, you’re basically just hiding your search history from someone else who’s using the same computer. You might think using Chrome’s Incognito option allows you to browse the web with total anonymity and impunity. Tucked into Gizmodo’s latest piece on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton - who is extremely litigious, under indictment and an election denier, but who also apparently really distrusts Google - is a rather thorough breakdown of what “Incognito” mode is on your web browser.
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