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[-] PoopMonster@lemmy.world 26 points 8 months ago

I'm curious as to what led people to believe otherwise before this update. I don't use chrome but I recall it always being reffered to as porn mode. Meaning it just doesn't save browsing history, no more no less.

Did Google have misleading wording implying it was doing anything else?

[-] anlumo@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

It also doesn’t preserve cookies after closing the window. I’m also curious what people expect that mode to do.

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Well, fill incognito I guess, no trace for you, you can surf even the deep web... That for the less technical folks ofc.

[-] Rediphile@lemmy.ca 8 points 8 months ago

It seems the whole last decade has been focused on dumbing the Internet down for the dumbest 10% of the population. The Internet was better when it was less inclusive.

[-] tastysnacks@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

I remember interviews with the development team about it. As far as I know they were always clear what was happening on the back end.

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