I’ve seen mixed reports about it, but the best I can find leads me to believe this is a slight misunderstanding, and that the browser itself doesn’t do tracking, but that Google does all of its normal tracking while Incognito, like cookies, browser fingerprinting, etc.
It was my understanding that the chrome browser “phones home” all the time, but maybe i was mistaken because I can’t find a reference. I did find this from wired:
Other steps Google must take will include continuing to “block third-party cookies within Incognito mode for five years,” partially redacting IP addresses to prevent re-identification of anonymized user data, and removing certain header information that can currently be used to identify users with Incognito mode active. ¹
So it looks like chrome was configured to pass along identifiable header information?
I’ve seen mixed reports about it, but the best I can find leads me to believe this is a slight misunderstanding, and that the browser itself doesn’t do tracking, but that Google does all of its normal tracking while Incognito, like cookies, browser fingerprinting, etc.
It was my understanding that the chrome browser “phones home” all the time, but maybe i was mistaken because I can’t find a reference. I did find this from wired:
So it looks like chrome was configured to pass along identifiable header information?