Re:Incognito Mode Isn’t as Incognito as You Might Think
by chucklenorris on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @05:47AM
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A few days ago I opened a youtube video in chrome incognito mode so it won't pollute the feed, but in the middle of the video I decided it's quite good so I opened it in the main window. At this point the tracking code glitched out and the video started where I left it off in the incognito mode. Couldn't reproduce it since though.
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Re:Incognito Mode Isn’t as Incognito as You Might Think
by Vardiak on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @07:34AM
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When you share a video, you can include the time code in the URL. That’s probably what’s happened. Doesn’t seem like a plausible "glitch".
Re:Incognito Mode Isn’t as Incognito as You Might Think
by dr_kiszonka on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @06:18AM
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Your comment made me curious if/how Google uses incognito data. For example, if I search for a gift for my wife in an incognito window, will I see ads for this product category in regular Chrome?
BTW, interesting word choice: from Latin incognitus "unknown, not investigated."