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The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled
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this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2024
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The only thing a VPN really does is to mask your IP address. Can be useful in some cases, but there are way more ways a website can track you (like browser fingerprinting).
Not that it debunks your claim that privacy is just a fairy tale.