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Re:Google engineers joked about how incognito mode isn't inc... by metadat on Saturday October 15, 2022 @01:34PM (#33216791)
What is this useful for beyond a convenient aid to evade IP-based abuse detection, "safely" trolling in general, and browsing something like an xchan site?

(I'm curious because these are the only practical possibilities which come to mind, feels like I must be missing something)

Re:Google engineers joked about how incognito mode isn't inc... by cj on Saturday October 15, 2022 @01:38PM (#33216834)
It could help evade IP-based user profiling (if you research sensitive topics incognito)
Re:Google engineers joked about how incognito mode isn't inc... by metadat on Saturday October 15, 2022 @02:10PM (#33217140)
Good one, thank you kindly!
Re:Google engineers joked about how incognito mode isn't inc... by eastbound on Saturday October 15, 2022 @01:52PM (#33216977)
When you say “trolling”, do you mean “saying an inconvenient truth”? What does constant identification serve, apart from keeping people in ignorance?
Re:Google engineers joked about how incognito mode isn't inc... by metadat on Saturday October 15, 2022 @01:56PM (#33217023)
I mean trolling of the sort my younger, immature self would have used this tool for: an optimal workflow for wreaking unblockable havoc against some poor website without even disrupting my main browsing session.
Re:Google engineers joked about how incognito mode isn't inc... by ifqwz on Saturday October 15, 2022 @02:15PM (#33217181)
If that's what your younger immature self wanted to do, I don't see why the browser should get in the way.
Re:Google engineers joked about how incognito mode isn't inc... by CyanBird on Saturday October 15, 2022 @01:56PM (#33217024)
> What is this useful for beyond

Privacy and peace of mind are goals on themselves

Re:Google engineers joked about how incognito mode isn't inc... by jen20 on Saturday October 15, 2022 @02:08PM (#33217120)
Preventing your ISP from spying on you.
Re:Google engineers joked about how incognito mode isn't inc... by p1mrx on Saturday October 15, 2022 @02:57PM (#33217553)
Yeah, that's one reason. At least with a VPN/VPS, you can choose who's spying on you, instead of the local monopoly.
Re:Google engineers joked about how incognito mode isn't inc... by int_19h on Saturday October 15, 2022 @05:22PM (#33218787)
Consider that it's pretty common for websites to block entire countries by IP these days, yet people from these countries still have a need for that content.