Dave Moskovitz (((❤️)))Please use Firefox, friends!
Chrome updates Incognito warning to admit Google tracks users in “private” mode | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/chrome-updates-incognito-warning-to-admit-google-tracks-users-in-private-mode/
pafurijaz@davemosk soon I will close my account also on YouTube, they bothered me with the ADS block use warnings.
@pafurijaz Yewtu.be is your friend!
Richard Hulse@davemosk Have not used Chrome for years. Phew!
@davemosk you should use Firefox, but I don't think that's what it means.
The problem was the ambiguity where chrome itself wouldn't track you but every service you use (including Google services!) continues to behave as normal. Private windows in Firefox are probably _exactly_ the same, which I think is the right design decision as it means your browser doesn't leak explicitly to the site that you are using a private window!
Sybren Stüvel 🧡🤍@davemosk In this case, it doesn't matter which browser you use. Their 'private' modes are local to that browser window. It simply doesn't save certain things on your computer. It will not impact the companies that want to track you. They will still track you.
There is a small difference, of course, in that when you close your last private window, any tracking cookies are erased. Still, you have the same IP address (prefix), and so there's always some identifying information.