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Re:Google and Facebook are tracking your porn preferences – ... by inlined on Friday July 19, 2019 @10:49AM (#20479092)
The title seems to suggest worse than the report. Can the information collected in incognito mode be traced back to you (assuming you aren’t logged into Google/Facebook).

It seems the only remediation would be for the browser to leak whether you’re using an incognito window, which would result in sites (e.g. paywalled news sites that give you 3 views per month) disallowing incognito entirely.

The comment that the report stems from Microsoft also makes the report feel dodgy; complain about a competitor in ways that sound bad but may not actually be.

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Re:Google and Facebook are tracking your porn preferences – ... by papln on Friday July 19, 2019 @11:01AM (#20479181)
> Can the information collected in incognito mode be traced back to you

Absolutely, but not necessarily with Google/FB's tracking systems. Your IP is enough to identify you and join to your other Internet activity, in most cases.

This is why Incognito Mode's New Tab Page says:

     Your activity might still be visible to:
       * Websites you visit
       * Your employer or school
       * Your internet service provider
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Re:Google and Facebook are tracking your porn preferences – ... by inlined on Friday July 19, 2019 @11:06AM (#20479229)
Sorry I should have asked a better question: do the alleged trackers use low level tools that would bypass incognito (e.g. IP address, fingerprinting) to join your information with your non-incognito profile?
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Re:Google and Facebook are tracking your porn preferences – ... by papln on Monday July 29, 2019 @02:30PM (#20557755)
Yes. Browser have been making partial attempts to resist this, but it's an intractable problem in general -- You can't interact with a website without leaking information about yourself. Using a trusted proxy that serves many people can help.
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