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Judge Rules Google Must Face Lawsuit Alleging Chrome Tracks Users in Incognito Mode

69Mustang said:
Wait. What people and what judge looked at the splash screen and determined it insufficient? Kinda made that up didn't you? Shared work/school computers, libraries/labs, family desktops, tablets. So no, most people wouldn't make that assumption because it would be silly to do so. Incognito Mode on Chrome, Private Browsing on Safari, InPrivate on Edge and Privacy Mode on Firefox all operate the same way.

So for you to say the modes only make sense to as a way to block non-local monitoring... when absolutely none do it... and all explicitly tell you they don't... the only thing that doesn't make sense is your interpretation.
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Most devices are not shared. Work and family devices are mostly personal. iOS doesn’t even recognize multiple users and windows and Mac aren’t designed to share a single log in. What I do in my user account doesn’t carry over to another account on the same machine, so again it’s redundant to claim it protects you from other people on the same machine. It’s silly to assume people use one device with one log in. I’ve never seen a library, school, or work that does that. Surely the judge that granted this motion looked at their own device and saw the message and agreed the case should continue.
 
Why I continue to wear this T-shirt even though no one knows what it means in today's world of poor education.
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People at work: bUt WhY dOn'T yOu UsE cHrOmE? yOu'Re A wEb DeVeLoPeR?

Me: Exactly.

Disclaimer: I test websites in Chrome before launching them because that's the responsible thing to do, but it is in no way shape or form my primary browser. I close out of it when finished testing.
 
rwalle said:
As much as I hate tracking, this lawsuit is stupid. Google has done enough to make people aware that they are not completely invisible from the world in incognito. Do people expect Google to put a banner in Chrome that says, "Hey remember we are still tracking you in the incognito mode, click here to learn more"?
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That’s a very good idea actually. I’d love to have that.
 
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mi7chy said:
People should get a refund then since Safari is broken. Would gladly pay for Chrome if I had to otherwise my MBA M1 is useless for basic browsing.

Look at this rubbish that can't scroll all the way down a web page, has choppy scrolling and lots of other issues.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/scrolling-and-ui-choppy-on-m1-macbook-air.2271003/post-29579599
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Congrats, you’ve discovered a website where they didn’t test the Javascript properly across browsers.
 
dwaite said:
Congrats, you’ve discovered a website where they didn’t test the Javascript properly across browsers.
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Congrats for failing to read and notice that it was someone else that reported it. And, it's not just one site that's broken but a good part of the internet from Zoom, Reddit, Facebook, MR, etc.
 
But it's a free service, and it says so right there and then when you open incognito..
 
ericwn said:
Hence misleading product name. A costly mistake.
Like selling a suit as bulletproof, except for certain bullets.
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What’s misleading? You can surf the web on your friends computer without leaving traces where you have been.
 
4jasontv said:
My understanding is that is why they are being sued. An average person would reasonably assume the feature does things. It’s up to Google to prove that they were clear regarding what the feature does. If their description was buried in jargon or legal terms than a jury is going to have a hard time believing people understood what was happening.
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I mean, when you open an incognito window.

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What’s misleading? You can surf the web on your friends computer without leaving traces where you have been.
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And you have a Latin dictionary that defines the term as: having your identity concealed, except when Google uses the term?

Interesting, because the definition is absolute.
 
ericwn said:
And you have a Latin dictionary that defines the term as: having your identity concealed, except when Google uses the term?

Interesting, because the definition is absolute.
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However, concealed does not mean undetectable, unrecognizable nor untrackable.
 
cmaier said:
What free apple software works without paid-for apple hardware?
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iTunes, for one. But that's still not really the point. If used Chrome on a Pixel device, would that make me not the product?

It's a dumb generalisation that gets repeated in any thread that touches on privacy issues.
 
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