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Mr. Incognito (europe.pub)

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've seen mixed reports about it, but the best I can find leads me to believe this is a slight misunderstanding, and that the browser itself doesn't do tracking, but that Google does all of its normal tracking while Incognito, like cookies, browser fingerprinting, etc.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It was my understanding that the chrome browser "phones home" all the time, but maybe i was mistaken because I can't find a reference. I did find this from wired:

Other steps Google must take will include continuing to “block third-party cookies within Incognito mode for five years,” partially redacting IP addresses to prevent re-identification of anonymized user data, and removing certain header information that can currently be used to identify users with Incognito mode active. ¹

So it looks like chrome was configured to pass along identifiable header information?

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