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Incognito Mode Isn’t as Incognito as You Might Think

• sparkbII 4y ago
  "Incognito mode just means they clean the dressing room after you use it. It doesn't mean the dressing room has a door."
• chucklenorris 4y ago
  A few days ago I opened a youtube video in chrome incognito mode so it won't pollute the feed, but in the middle of the video I decided it's quite good so I opened it in the main window. At this point the tracking code glitched out and the video started where I left it off in the incognito mode. Couldn't reproduce it since though.
  • dr_kiszonka 4y ago
    Your comment made me curious if/how Google uses incognito data. For example, if I search for a gift for my wife in an incognito window, will I see ads for this product category in regular Chrome? BTW, interesting word choice: from Latin incognitus "unknown, not investigated." https://www.etymonline.com/word/incognito https://www.etymonline.com/word/incognito
  • Vardiak 4y ago
    When you share a video, you can include the time code in the URL. That’s probably what’s happened. Doesn’t seem like a plausible "glitch".
• 0x073 4y ago
  Incognito mode isn't as incognito as normal users might think. If you have at least a little technology knowledge it should be clear what that mode is.