Going incognito won’t keep Google from knowing or making use of what you’re doing with Maps. Your activity is still available to “other Google services”.

Browsers offer an incognito or private browsing mode for their users. If you are concerned about online privacy, you should know what incognito mode does and doesn't do to protect it.

To temporarily go incognito on YouTube’s mobile app, tap your profile picture (top right), then choose Turn on Incognito. You’ll then start browsing on a clean slate, with fresh ...

The incognito or private mode found in most web browsers is back in the news, with Google updating its disclaimer to give users a better idea of exactly how this feature works. Whether you use ...

No matter which browser you prefer—Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari, Opera, or any of the others—it will almost certainly offer an incognito or private mode, one which ostensibly keeps your web ...

How to go incognito in Google Chrome. Although incognito may be a synonym to some users for any browser’s private mode, Google gets credit for grabbing the word as the feature’s snappiest name ...

Incognito mode isn't always useful though, and there are a few areas where it doesn't offer you any help at all. When You Want to Be Anonymous . Browsing in Incognito mode does not make you anonymous.

Google is adding new disclaimers to Chrome after the search giant settled a class-action lawsuit regarding how incognito mode isn’t actually as private as it appears to be.

Think of Google's Incognito Modes, then, as less of a sophisticated privacy tool and more of a pause button on a TV remote—you just use it occasionally when you're going to the bathroom or to ...

And incognito mode also doesn’t automatically block third-party cookies that track you across the internet, meaning Google (and probably Facebook, among others) knows which sites you visit and ...