$5 billion Google lawsuit over “Incognito mode” tracking moves a step closer to trial
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Did you know that private browsing modes aren’t very private?

$5 billion Google lawsuit over ‘incognito mode’ tracking moves a step closer to trial | Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers denied Google’s push for a summary judgment in a lawsuit over the way it tracked…::Google’s push for a summary judgment in a lawsuit over tracking internet activity even after users activated Chrome’s “Incognito mode” was denied.

    • Retirix_YT@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      You notice how they block certain VPN IP addresses too? I try to use IPVanish but lots of them don’t work specifically just on Google. They claim to care about security then sometimes don’t let you use a VPN? Yeah whatever…

    • whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      171·
      2 years ago

      Posing Brave as an alternative to Chrome is ridiculous. It’s a crypto scam company that intends to profit from advertising. And they have been caught inserting referrals into url suggestions.

      Don’t know why you think Edge is better either. Microsoft is no more your friend than Google and they have every intention to collect as much data as possible.

      If you want chromium, use a build of un-googled chromium. You don’t need to replace one evil with another if you can just rip it out altogether.

  • Metal Zealot@lemmy.mlEnglish
    21·
    2 years ago

    When are these multibillion dollar companies actually going to be sued for more than what is essentially a nickel to them?

    It’s like a game for lawyers, they know google is hemmoraging money so they decide “ohhhh let’s sue them, but just for a lil bit, don’t want to piss them off TOO much”

  • DMmeYourBoobs@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    12·
    2 years ago

    ITT: people are giving morons who don’t understand what incognito mode is the credit for suing Google over their own stupidity and suggesting alternative browsers that don’t do anything different from Google because that mode is just supposed to DMZ session data, not mask your identity. Glad we’re celebrating ignorance instead of lampooning morons for wasting money on the lawyers and courts that have to handle this garbage.

    • TacoEvent@lemmy.zipEnglish
      9·
      2 years ago

      This is true for all browsers that have an incognito mode, not just Firefox.

      Unless you’re using Tor, there’s not really a way to go 99% incognito.

        • Flykr@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          Firefox is the only mainstream browser with source code written in full by a nonprofit. That’s more than enough for me to evangelize it. Let me know how manifest 3 and the chromium web drm implementation treat you.

    • Hate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      2 years ago

      Firefox can happily lie to you and you’ll buy it, you’ll buy it so much that you don’t see in between the lines.

      bruh chill, how tf they lying? the feature works exactly as expected/advertised. it’s not Mozilla’s fault if people don’t know how to read.

      “Important: Private Browsing does not make you anonymous on the Internet. Your Internet service provider, employer, or the sites themselves can still gather information about pages you visit. Private Browsing also doesn’t protect you from keyloggers or spyware that may be installed on your computer. To learn more, see Common Myths about Private Browsing.”

      quote from: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/private-browsing-use-firefox-without-history

      additional: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/common-myths-about-private-browsing

        • Hate@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          2 years ago

          LOL! All of your sources are from Mozilla themselves. Delicious bias irony.

          Not ironic at all. If missing the point was a flavor, you’d be the most delicious dish.

          When Mozilla says that “Private Browsing does not make you anonymous on the Internet” you’re saying they’re lying? Are you telling me that private browsing does make you Anon? In that case you’re the liar.

          Of course I’m going to link to Mozilla to give an example of their claims (true or not.) maybe if you think that they’re lying about the claim of “private browsing not making you anonymous” try to provide some reasoning as to why :)

    • iopq@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      2 years ago

      Good luck, I’m behind 7 proxies. It sounds like the FF feature works as intended