I guarantee if they could they would
I guarantee if they could they would
Kinda morbidly fascinating to see Google devolve into a horrible bucket of shit
Remember that incognito only protects your privacy from people you share your computer with. Your ISP, Google, that shady website, and all the third party cookies know you visited that shady site.
93Yeah, whole different browser for actual privacy. Incognito mode is so weird shit doesn't get suggested forever because you looked it up once.
28Incognito mode is so weird shit doesn't get suggested forever because you looked it up once.
This is what I use it for primarily. When I watch a show, I like to see what other shows actors are in. Apparently Google thinks that means I want news about Kanye, the Kardashians, Beyonce, etc. So now whenever I look up an actor's name, I use incognito.
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Partially true. If you don't close your incognito window, the third party cookies stick around, but they're not associated with your other profile(s). But, as soon as you do close your incognito window, they're gone.
Your ISP gets the traffic, there's no way around that. But, if you're using SSL (and virtually all websites now use SSL) the ISP doesn't see the contents of the pages, just the hostnames.
Google gets some of the traffic too, but they pinky swear not to associate it with your other account. I'm pretty sure there would be an employee revolt inside Google if they just ignored the incognito window and associated your incognito data with your main account. It wouldn't be a technical challenge to collect your incognito data and know what account it belongs with, but if they ever did that and it leaked it would be a huge scandal. Google is so profitable that they have no need to risk that.
Also, Incognito only partially protects you against people with whom you share the computer. Any files you download will still be there. Also, if you leave the incognito window open, it's there for whoever else uses your computer.
26Mate.
$5 billion Google lawsuit over ‘Incognito mode’ tracking moves a step closer to trial / Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers denied Google’s push for a summary judgment in a lawsuit over the way it tracked internet activity even after users switched to ‘Incognito mode.’
2We all know it is for looking up porn and checking on my favorite al-qaeda site. I do wonder if my google account really is disconnected from the incog window or if I need to logout first and restart the browser.
Also, if you leave the incognito window open, it’s there for whoever else uses your computer.
Well, yah. This is true for anything. Close your damn windows when you are done.
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34Trying to think of corporations that became more ethical as they grew larger. Something is wrong with our society if we are rewarding toxic behaviour.
26Capitalism rewards toxic behavior.
21rewarding toxic behavior.
Just a reflection of society as a whole.
6Maybe Patagonia? More success means more money for the founders to donate to good causes and more funding to sustainable R&D. But they're definitely the exception that proves the rule.
-2No they didn't. https://youtu.be/0Cu6EbELZ6I?si=M96FPPbobCP_bEjY
They just made it look that way to the public. They "donated" to themselves and their children.
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Actually, they could probably collect a pretty substantial amount of data on you from just analyzing your garbage.
21yeah, what you buy, how many people live in your household, your gender identity, if you're pregnant, etc..
5They already know what you buy through wallet and gmail
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Jesus Christ.... is this how tech and waste management/maintenance merge?
4That's a huge part of archaeology. Sure, you can learn about Kings and Generals by reading history or studying architecture. But how do you learn about the daily life of the workers who built the pyramids?
Trash.
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And your only real option for garbage service is the "Garbage" corp. But, they do collect and dispose of your garbage for free, so that's nice.
18Well, there's also your friendly neighbourhood fox.
9So do a lot of other companies. And don't even get me started on the whole open-source universe. There are a lot of options and even 3 minutes guides on how to change/use them. People are just willing to give up their online privacy because they're used to it by now
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Follow up is the service being abandoned in a year once people are used to it
13Oh my god you’re right 😩
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I like targeted ads, it helps me know what companies to resent.
11Hah! Yeah I keep a mental list of companies whose adverts I’ve seen recently and specifically avoid spending any money with them.
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Horrible bucket of shit
I like that.
9I mean I do too, but I also don’t like it if you know what I mean ☹️
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