Google agrees to settle Chrome incognito mode class action lawsuit::2020 lawsuit accused Google of tracking incognito activity, tying it to users’ profiles.
Wait, so when I politely “ask app not to track”, they might still be tracking me? No way!
It’s more that if you ask the app not to track you, there’s nothing stopping the server you’re connecting to with that app from continuing to track you. The server doesn’t even know you opened incognito mode versus just a different browser profile and it would be more of a risk for fingerprinting/sites blocking you if it did have the ability to know if you were in incognito.
It’s not the browser that’s really the problem in this case, it’s the tracking and building of user profiles across browser profiles and devices on the server side.
Not surprising in the least. Just another ‘Trust us bro’ from one of the tech firms.
So who are they settling with? Where’s my cut? Why do I have to settle for what those other people agreed to?
I anal, but also IANAL. If you ever opt in or are part of a class action lawsuit by default, you do not have to accept the results. You can refuse your cut, but you typically have to actively refute it, otherwise you’re assumed to be cool with it. If you do refuse the settlement, you can pursue your own legal actions.
I got a check for 73 cents.
I always assumed incognito was just disabling history and cookies.
Yup that’s it
was it always supposed to look like Heisenberg?
