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That's true regardless and not the issue. The issue is calling it 'Incognito Mode' and implying it offers the same privacy protection as other browsers' private
by weare138 4y ago
That's true regardless and not the issue. The issue is calling it 'Incognito Mode' and implying it offers the same privacy protection as other browsers' private modes, like Firefox's private mode for example, when in fact it doesn't. It's a standard feature on modern browsers and Google intentionally misled it's users that Chrome offered a comparable feature. Users had understandably assumed Chrome's privacy feature did in fact provide the same level of privacy they would expect from other modern browsers. It would be like me selling you new brakes for your car and telling you there is always a possibility brakes can fail when in fact they didn't work to begin with and would have never stopped your car. One is common sense advice, the other is fraud.
- orangecat 4y agoWhat does Firefox's private mode do that Chrome's doesn't?
- twobitshifter 4y agoblock cross site trackers and scripts https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-prote...
- jsnell 4y agoDoesn't incognito mode predate Private Browsing in Firefox? Also, what's the distinction? The Firefox documentation doesn't make their feature seem particularly different: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/common-myths-about-private-browsing https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/common-myths-about-priv... > Myth 1: Private Browsing makes you anonymous on the Internet > Reality: Private Browsing does not mask your identity or activity online.