What You Need to Know About ‘Incognito Mode’ Before Watching Porn

Incognito mode is not as private as you think.

🌍 S M Mamunur Rahman
4 min readSep 30, 2021

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a screenshot of Incognito window taken by the author
Screenshot taken by the author and edited using Canva.

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…

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🌍 S M Mamunur Rahman
🌍 S M Mamunur Rahman

Written by 🌍 S M Mamunur Rahman

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