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Google agrees to destroy browsing data collected in Incognito mode (www.theverge.com)

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Not sure which news website I should be using for the link, sorry! I'm happy to change it if anyone has a better one.

Google agreed to destroy or de-identify billions of records of web browsing data collected when users were in its private browsing “Incognito mode,” according to a proposed class action settlement filed Monday.

The proposal is valued at $5 billion, according to Monday’s court filing, calculated by determining the value of data Google has stored and would be forced to destroy and the data it would be prevented from collecting. Google would need to address data collected in private browsing mode in December 2023 and earlier. Any data that is not outright deleted must be de-identified.

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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

in the case of google it seems they were collecting your data too.

firefox doesnt do this like google, even outside incognito.

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

FireFox does collect some data, even in incorgnito, and even if you opt out of optional data collection. Last time I checked, you had to change a hidden flag (about:config) to truly stop them from collecting all data (and they could technically re-enable it in future updates).

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

well i said they dont do it the same way. not nearly to the same extent.

what flags do you change?

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

There are a bunch. I'll see if I can find the exhaustive list, but you can look for it by searching "Firefox disable telemetry flags about:config" on your search engine of choice.

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

I don't know exactly what flag it is but I'll give you a tip

Look at the arkenfox hardened config or the Librewolf project, both enhanced Firefox privacy and change some flags.

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