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circuscritic@lemmy.ca 1 month agoMy default browsers, on mobile and desktop, both open incognito/private tabs by default.
I’ll still click no, or don’t accept, if it pops up, but when a page is shitty like this, I’m not too worried about them collecting data on how I browser this page while reading this one article.
anguo@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
AFAIK, incognito mode will only protect you from reading multiple articles on their site, no difference for a single one.
circuscritic@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Incognito mode will basically put all the cookies and other site data into a temp directory.
So, they can track you across that session as long as you keep it open, like if you went from the article to your banking or online shopping websites.
But, once you close out of that session, that directory should be cleared.
Just make sure you don’t use incognito or private modes with a bunch of sites, at the same time, that you don’t want to share information between.
anguo@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Or just use Firefox with enhanced protection turned on. Websites become pretty containerized. Incognito mode just becomes a “don’t save this in my history” thing.
circuscritic@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
No… Containers are just sandboxed sessions.
The cookies and other site data they gather, will remain and able to track your browsing habits within that container.
They’re very useful, and I highly recommend using them, but they’re nowhere near as convenient as opening up a single incognito tab to read a shitty article on a shitty website. Once I’m done reading it, all I have to do is close that incognito session, return to Lemmy, rinse and repeat.
Do whatever works best for you, but just be aware that you seem to be under some important misconceptions about what data is saved between different types of browsing sessions, or how certain privacy features work.