To settle a years-long lawsuit, Google has agreed to delete “billions of data records” collected from users of “Incognito mode,” illuminating the pitfalls of relying on Chrome to protect your privacy.
If they called it cleanup mode, or guest mode, it would be more accurate.
Use this when you are on a shared device so that you don’t leave history or login sessions or mess with any sessions that the primary user has. That’s it.
Calling it incognito has really mislead a lot of people apparently, guest mode is the best alternative name that I’ve seen so far. I occasionally use incognito to log into personal services on other people’s devices, which kinda makes me a temporary guest on that device. Guest mode doesn’t feel 100% right as a name either though.
If they called it cleanup mode, or guest mode, it would be more accurate.
Use this when you are on a shared device so that you don’t leave history or login sessions or mess with any sessions that the primary user has. That’s it.
Or just be clear about it - Porn mode.
Literally the only reason I’ve ever used it is so that when I start typing a web address in front of someone, Google doesn’t “helpfully” autocomplete.
Aren’t there any other sites that start with p or x?
Calling it incognito has really mislead a lot of people apparently, guest mode is the best alternative name that I’ve seen so far. I occasionally use incognito to log into personal services on other people’s devices, which kinda makes me a temporary guest on that device. Guest mode doesn’t feel 100% right as a name either though.