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Re:Google CEO allegedly sought to keep Incognito mode issues... by tedivm on Saturday September 25, 2021 @11:37AM (#28653920)
In theory Google could send the Do Not Track header to notify people they shouldn't track, but very few sites honor that (and Google Analytics certainly doesn't).
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Re:Google CEO allegedly sought to keep Incognito mode issues... by sofixa on Saturday September 25, 2021 @01:36PM (#28654820)
Why should it, it doesn't "track" you, it only notes vague details and aggregates visitor statistics.
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Re:Google CEO allegedly sought to keep Incognito mode issues... by orangecat on Saturday September 25, 2021 @01:00PM (#28654570)
And in practice it's just another bit of entropy to identify you.
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Re:Google CEO allegedly sought to keep Incognito mode issues... by Dylan16807 on Saturday September 25, 2021 @01:15PM (#28654675)
If everyone in incognito sends that, it's probably very close to 0 bits.
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