Many people believe it renders their online browsing private, when in reality it just prevents Chrome from ' your browsing history, cookies and site data, or information entered in forms.' This latter point highlights broad confusion among the general public about what the Google Chrome feature actually does.
And no, the study authors take pains to insist, Google's Incognito mode won't keep your secrets. So concludes a not-so-surprising study, which determined that online pornography sites are loaded with various trackers that leak private details about their users to third parties. They still know what kind of porn you're watching. Privacy Please is an ongoing series exploring the ways privacy is violated in the modern world, and what can be done about it.
