Now you can browse privately, so other people you share this device with won't be able to see your activity. But this does not change how the websites you visit and the services they use (including ...

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In June 2020, Google found itself embroiled in a lawsuit alleging that the tech giant was illegally tracking Chrome users' internet activity, even when they had switched to the browser's "Incognito" ...

In November 2025, some Reddit users were shocked to find Google apparently had access to their private browsing sessions.

For the past few years a lawsuit has been hanging over Google’s head regarding Chrome’s Incognito mode. Recently, it was revealed that Google will settle the lawsuit, and now the Chrome browser is ...

Google is now making efforts to ensure users understand the meaning of Incognito Mode on its Chrome browser following a class-action lawsuit that cost the company $5 billion. The publication ...

Google Chrome has updated the message some users see when using "incognito mode," following the settlement of a $5 billion tracking lawsuit, reports say. The updated text, reported by The Verge citing ...

Google is finally having to make it clear that Chrome's Incognito mode does almost nothing. Image: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac The description of Chrome’s Incognito mode will soon be changed to make it clear ...

Unfortunately, many people don’t understand the privacy implications of Google’s Incognito window and end up trusting it more than they should. According to a study by researchers at the University of ...

An ongoing lawsuit has questioned Google’s continued collection of browsing data from the Chrome browser’s incognito mode. Now, as part of a settlement for the case, Google has pledged to “destroy” ...

As others have said there is no way of stopping this without the browser sending some signal to the server "I am an incognito browser - treat me differently". That wouldn't be much of an incognito ...