Suppose you are browsing the Internet and want to make sure that no one finds what you were looking for, not even your device, which keeps a record of your browsing history. In such situations, ...

Make sure you know how incognito mode works. Screenshot: Google Chrome The incognito or private mode found in most web browsers is back in the news, with Google updating its disclaimer to give users a ...

Using incognito mode is one of the most common techniques people use to hide what they are searching for on the internet. This helps users to stay private and browse the web without being tracked by ...

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" ...

Private browsing entails surfing the web without storing information about your browsing sessions. During private browsing, your web history isn't saved, form data isn't recorded, and cookies are ...

If you browse the web in Incognito mode, everything you do is private, right? In a word, no. Your internet service provider, for example, can still see your activity. This misconception has even ...

Although a private browsing mode known as "Incognito" in Google's widely used Chrome browser has been available for nearly a decade, a legal settlement involving the way it works has cast new ...

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 ...

Each time you need to search for a sensitive topic or are using Google Chrome on a shared phone or library computer, your first instinct may be to switch right into Incognito Mode. And why wouldn't ...

Google is updating the warning on Chrome's Incognito mode to make it clear that Google and websites run by other companies can still collect your data in the web browser's semiprivate mode. The change ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Social media strategist Scott Kleinberg ...