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In-private browsers are not – you are still tracked – Gadgetguy.com.au
In-private browsing sounds good. Even if the screen says it is in private mode – no, you are not anonymous. US users can now sue Google.
A U.S. district judge in California has ruled that users can sue Google for collecting user data when they use Chrome’s in-private (incognito) mode. The class action will now proceed. No, no action so far in Australia. In-private browsing sounds good. Any inexperienced user thinks that just because the screen turns to dark mode or even has a notice that it is in private mode, they are anonymous. Well, no, it is not. Before we lambast Google, let’s look at the issue.
In private browsing (according…
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