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Re:Only 9% of visitors give GDPR consent to be tracked by shakna on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @10:30AM (#23759636)
It isn't theoretical. Google is currently facing a lawsuit (Brown et al v Google LLC et al) for tracking people who assumed Chrome's incognito meant Google would stop tracking them. [0]

[0] https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/06/google-facing-us5-7-billi...

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Re:Only 9% of visitors give GDPR consent to be tracked by shadowgovt on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @11:26AM (#23760191)
That's a hilarious premise for a lawsuit, because that's never what incognito mode meant.
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