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Re:Judge in Google case disturbed that 'incognito' users are... by deelowe on Friday February 26, 2021 @01:52PM (#26278316)
I think the issue here is a little more nuanced than right hand vs left hand, etc... Incognito was developed as a feature to hide your browsing history back when all users having individual accounts on a computer was much more rare. It wasn't developed in a world where "privacy" meant what it typically means today.

Things have changed and perhaps Google should have changed as well, but to paint this as some sort of nefarious plot is a bit disingenuous.

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Re:Judge in Google case disturbed that 'incognito' users are... by josefx on Friday February 26, 2021 @02:50PM (#26279074)
Incognito seems to be a bad name for what it does. Maybe Alzheimers mode would be better suited to describe the local forgetfulness without implying an attempt to hide the users identity.
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Re:Judge in Google case disturbed that 'incognito' users are... by TeMPOraL on Friday February 26, 2021 @04:03PM (#26279824)
The common name for it is "porn mode". It communicates the design goal very well: the point is to hide the fact you're visiting some pages from other people who may be using the same computer.
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Re:Judge in Google case disturbed that 'incognito' users are... by slowmovintarget on Friday February 26, 2021 @05:07PM (#26280430)
Everyone was too embarrassed to admit this was the origin of the feature. Fast-forward a few decades, and people are shocked that what was a euphemism doesn't honestly describe how the feature works.
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