When Google Chrome’s Incognito mode is enabled on your phone, it means that none of your browsing history or information entered into forms can be seen by someone who has access to your device or shares the device with you. So if you have been looking online to buy a present for a relative, the sites you visited cannot be discovered.
Google has made a key change to the first paragraph of the Incognito mode disclaimer
Note the changes in the current Incognito mode disclaimer on the left and the one found on Canary Chrome at right
The current disclaimer starts by saying, “You’ve Gone Incognito. Now you can browse privately, and other people who use this device won’t see your activity. However, downloads, bookmarks, and reading list items will be saved.” The revised version found on Chrome Canary reads, “You’ve Gone Incognito. Others who use this device won’t see your activity so you can browse more privately. This won’t change how data is collected by websites you visit and the services they use, including Google. Downloads, bookmarks, and reading list items will be saved.”
Follow these directions in order to enable Incognito mode on your Android device.
The revised disclaimer is admitting that enabling Incognito mode won’t change how your data is collected by the sites you visit and by Google and that’s a rather stunning admission. While the current disclaimer doesn’t mention it, the revised version makes it clear that enabling Incognito mode doesn’t make you invisible to third-party trackers and Google.
Had Google made this clear before, perhaps it wouldn’t have settled the previously mentioned class-action suit for $5 billion since the suit accused Google of using analytics, cookies, and other tools to track their browsing histories along with device data, and the content of webpages visited even with Incognito Mode enabled. Now, Google is making it clear that this kind of activity takes place when Incognito mode is enabled.
