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What Is Private and What Isn’t When You Use Incognito Mode?
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 Chrome or one of the alternatives, the feature works in the same way—and it doesn’t cover your tracks quite as…
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You Can Make It Way Harder for Cookies to Track You in Edge
Microsoft Edge is one of the rare browsers that offers both privacy and versatility. One such privacy feature automatically deletes any browsing data, including cookies and site data. That means you can leave a clean slate every time you quit and relaunch Edge, making it difficult for third-party cookies to track you across sessions and…
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Google’s Quest to Kill the Cookie Is Creating a Privacy Shitshow
For the past few months, millions of Chrome users have been roped into Google’s origin trials for the tech meant to replace the quickly crumbling third-party tracking cookie. Federated Learning of Cohorts — or FLoC, for short — is a new kind of tracking technique that’s meant to be a friendlier, more privacy-protective alternative to…
