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What You Need to Know About ‘Incognito Mode’ Before Watching Porn
Incognito mode is not as private as you think.
Do you know, a study conducted in 2019 reveals that online pornography sites are loaded with countless trackers to leak your private details to third parties?
“Our analysis of 22,484 pornography websites indicated that 93% leak user data to a third party,” says the study.
Pretty shocking, huh??
Okay, now focus on a common habit that most of us have; using the Incognito Mode while watching any explicit or prohibited content online.
When you intend to watch some explicit content, what’s the first thing you do? I can assume that you open a new ‘Incognito Window’ in your browser to browse privately.
If you are a Chrome or Edge user, then you just press Ctrl+Shift+N. And you feel that you are browsing privately and safely, leaving no digital footprints. You enjoy your browsing moment without worrying a little about your online search, views, reading lists, or clicks. Because you trust your incognito mode too much.
But the reality is — the incognito mode is not as private as you think. It just prevents your browser from saving your browsing history, cookies and site data, or information entered in forms —and nothing else.
However, Google clearly says — “Your activity isn’t hidden from websites you visit, your employer or school, or your internet service provider.”
Have you ever carefully read what appears on the incognito window when you open it? If not, then read it now from the below screenshot.
A Guardian article says, “What most people don’t know is that your activity on Google is logged to something called Google — My Activity. This shows all of your account history, including all your searches and the websites you’ve visited (among other things).”
