TravisVZ
TravisVZ t1_is63i9u wrote
Reply to comment by jeffinRTP in Even Google's Own Staff Thinks 'Incognito Mode' Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be | Internal communications show employees joking about Incognito's abilities with one comparing it to "Guy Incognito" from The Simpsons by Hrmbee
I've got a chronic problem with leaving too many tabs open, so I'm routinely using Incognito windows so that they will clean themselves up every time I have to restart my browser.
TravisVZ t1_is63a8c wrote
Reply to comment by PowerLies in Even Google's Own Staff Thinks 'Incognito Mode' Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be | Internal communications show employees joking about Incognito's abilities with one comparing it to "Guy Incognito" from The Simpsons by Hrmbee
There's literally a full-page explanation of what Incognito Mode does and doesn't do. While it doesn't say "Google will still track your usage", it also doesn't say "Your usage won't be tracked", and is pretty explicit that it's intended to prevent other users of this device from seeing your history.
TravisVZ t1_is6p1to wrote
Reply to comment by newworkaccount in Even Google's Own Staff Thinks 'Incognito Mode' Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be | Internal communications show employees joking about Incognito's abilities with one comparing it to "Guy Incognito" from The Simpsons by Hrmbee
Yes I know, but I have a subset of tabs that I do want to reopen every time, e.g. Gmail, Reddit, Facebook, GitHub, etc. So I use a normal window for that, and then use an Incognito window (or 3, when the tabs start getting too crowded!) for the "transient" tabs.