That moment I realized all my 'private' browsing was still tracked

I was looking at a pair of boots on my phone in incognito mode, then saw the exact same ad on my work laptop an hour later. That's when it hit me that Google still knows everything even when you think you're hiding, so what's the point of even trying to dodge their trackers?

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aaron7401mo ago

I get that it feels creepy, but honestly you kind of signed up for this. Google's whole business model is tracking you across devices, incognito just hides your history from people who use your computer, not from their ad network. If you don't want targeted ads, switch to DuckDuckGo or use a VPN that blocks trackers. The real problem is people expecting privacy from a free service that makes billions off selling your data.

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james_bell1mo ago

Exactly. "Signed up for this" sums it up. Free stuff has a price.

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claire_davis311mo ago

Yeah exactly, incognito is just hiding your history not hiding you.

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