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Of course, a better course of action could have been “actually” improving the incognito mode instead of just updating the notice.
An even better course of action is for people to switch to a browser that care about users' privacy and block trackers by default.
Google makes billions from targeted advertising every year, don't expect it to improve privacy unless it's forced to by regulation or competition.
Yeah if you use a google product and expect privacy, you dont know how google makes money.
Google makes billions from targeted advertising every year, don't expect it to improve privacy unless it's forced to by regulation or competition.
Yeah, I have been wondering my whole life that there are so many people believing in 'privacy tools' by companies like Google. This is one of the things that mystifies me most.
Agree! Here's a video for anyone who's looking for some help in this front from our friends of Techlore
I'm shocked.
Before they switched to the two column layout I swear the message used to be about the same as what they updated it to. But it's been a long time since I used Chrome.