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Re:Judge in Google case disturbed that 'incognito' users are... by grahamburger on Friday February 26, 2021 @02:04PM (#26278466)
In your view should Google not allow people to log in to Gmail while in incognito mode? How can someone remain untracked by Google while in incognito mode but also interact with personalized Google services, like email?
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Re:Judge in Google case disturbed that 'incognito' users are... by GavinMcG on Friday February 26, 2021 @02:47PM (#26279034)
By logging into one's account. Surely you see the distinction between deliberately availing oneself of a service and bring tracked on entirely separate websites without being informed, much less consenting.
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Re:Judge in Google case disturbed that 'incognito' users are... by grahamburger on Friday February 26, 2021 @03:17PM (#26279379)
You're making an argument against tracking in general. That's fine, but it's not what we're discussing. What we're discussing is if sites should treat traffic from browsers in incognito mode differently than traffic from browsers not in incognito mode. Do you think they should? I would argue that sites shouldn't even know whether or not their users are in incognito mode.
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