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The incognito warning has always said that websites can still track you.* Point (b) won't be helped much by letting people know that Google is also a website.

• LegionMammal978 3y ago
  For the sake of completeness, I've traced the evolution of the notice over time: From 2008-07-26 [0]: "Going incognito doesn't affect the behavior of other people, servers, or software. Be wary of: / • Websites that collect or share information about you / • Internet service providers or employers that track the pages you visit / • Malicious software that tracks your keystrokes in exchange for free smileys / • Surveillance by secret agents / • People standing behind you" From 2013-12-07 [1]: "Going incognito doesn't affect the behavior of other people, servers, software, or people standing behind you." From 2013-12-13 [2]: "However, you aren't invisible. Going incognito doesn't hide your browsing from your employer, your internet service provider, or the websites you visit." From 2014-02-27 [3]: "However, you aren't invisible. Going incognito doesn't hide your browsing from your employer, your internet service provider, governments and other sophisticated attackers, or the websites you visit." From 2014-04-29 [4]: "Going incognito doesn't hide your browsing from your employer, your internet service provider, or the websites you visit." From 2016-01-15 [5]: "However, you aren't invisible. Going incognito doesn't hide your browsing from your employer, your internet service provider, or the websites you visit." From 2017-02-27 [6]: "Your activity might still be visible to: / • Websites you visit / • Your employer / • Your internet service provider" From 2017-03-29 [7]: "Your activity might still be visible to: / • Websites you visit / • Your employer or school / • Your internet service provider" Note that some of these were behind a feature flag for a few months. Also, it looks like they've been intending to elaborate on the Incognito new-tab page for some time, as part of the "Revamped Incognito NTP" project. You can view the modified text with 'chromium --enable-features=IncognitoNtpRevamp': From 2021-08-13 [8]: "What Incognito doesn't do / Incognito does not make you invisible online: / • Sites know when you visit them / • Employers or schools can track browsing activity / • Internet service providers may monitor web traffic" From 2022-01-25 [9]: "What Incognito doesn't do / Incognito does not make you invisible online: / • Sites and the services they use can see visits / • Employers or schools can track browsing activity / • Internet service providers can monitor web traffic" [0] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/09911bf300f1a419907a9412154760efd0b7abc3%5E!/chrome/app/generated_resources.grd https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/09911bf300f... [1] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/c5e36c57178a65b3b8d05b0c7699edb92b2420a9%5E!/chrome/app/generated_resources.grd https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/c5e36c57178... [2] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/7082150682537dbf9b1a8663898e61fb285b6ec8%5E!/chrome/app/generated_resources.grd https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/70821506825... [3] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/ab54bd65701f3e6927cc4dcc1d04840e7e14a0b2%5E!/chrome/app/generated_resources.grd https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/ab54bd65701... [4] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/eb09a62ef40f62e8ae9a13071cf7e47d6915ebd9%5E!/chrome/app/generated_resources.grd https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/eb09a62ef40... [5] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/b7dac1a6a7997c1c7bb440d5eb5a4aa6ee38cf8b%5E!/chrome/app/generated_resources.grd https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/b7dac1a6a79... [6] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/cfe102adddc5a18fc2cc6c453e5342450895aa4b%5E!/components/new_or_sad_tab_strings.grdp https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/cfe102adddc... [7] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/7ca3ccf74e804e13da4c622177f6fc6787019c1e%5E!/components/new_or_sad_tab_strings.grdp https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/7ca3ccf74e8... [8] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/e6ae57ba3857ce1ea8fbe1747adedc71dfa255a4%5E!/components/new_or_sad_tab_strings.grdp https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/e6ae57ba385... [9] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/8b349f6c9849e5b8722659dbe82d25c4a2fe849f%5E!/components/new_or_sad_tab_strings.grdp https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/8b349f6c984...
  • sowbug 3y ago
    Thanks for doing this! Interesting to watch the change in tone as well as content over time.