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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled

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The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

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.

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The op link hit a paywall for me, this one is working:

https://web.archive.org/web/20240401221646/https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-incognito-mode-data-deletion-settlement/

the company will now pay “zero” dollars as part of the settlement after earlier facing a $5 billion penalty.

I guess they would call that a win

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