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The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled (www.wired.com)
submitted 7 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Calling it incognito has really mislead a lot of people apparently, guest mode is the best alternative name that I've seen so far. I occasionally use incognito to log into personal services on other people's devices, which kinda makes me a temporary guest on that device. Guest mode doesn't feel 100% right as a name either though.