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What is with this consistent gas lighting? These articles mention Chrome Incognito, and the laser focus gas lighting is consistently that "of course you can be
by Apes 6y ago
What is with this consistent gas lighting? These articles mention Chrome Incognito, and the laser focus gas lighting is consistently that "of course you can be tracked in Chrome Incognito, why are these people SO STUPID?"
This has nothing to do with the fact that you can theoretically track users in Incognito mode. You could be using Firefox Privacy mode, and the problem would be exactly the same. It's that Google's services are tracking users who are clearly indicating they don't want to be tracked. If Google built their whole company around relying on bad faith encounters with their customers, and it's going to be painful for them to unwind, then boo-fucking-hoo. Do dumb shit, get dumb rewards.
- judge2020 6y agoThis is a problem with the article. "for tracking people in incognito mode" would almost certainly indicate that they claim incognito mode is an end-all for GA/Ads tracking, yet the actual case complains about (in broader terms of course): > To prevent information from being shared with Google, Google recommends that its consumers need only launch a browser such as Google Chrome, Safari, Microsoft Edge, or Firefox in “private browsing mode. Both statements are untrue. ” This type of comment is prevalent in this thread because neither this article nor the original article makes this distinction or goes into depth about what the lawsuit really targets. The average HN user doesn't have a pacer account or the patience to go searching through pacer, so we can only rely on news sites to provide good information (especially when they don't even upload the complaint to document cloud). complaint: https://i.judge.sh/specific/Sia/520-cv-03664-LHK-1-main.pdf https://i.judge.sh/specific/Sia/520-cv-03664-LHK-1-main.pdf