$5 billion Google lawsuit over “Incognito mode” tracking moves a step closer to trial
www.theverge.com
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.

    • whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      1 year 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.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
      02·
      1 year ago

      You know Firefox has literally the exact same feature Google is being sued over, right? A lawsuit doesn’t automatically have merit just because you don’t like the party being sued.

      • DrPop@lemmy.oneEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        The problem isn’t the feature, it’s the fact they still do things they said they are not doing while in incognito. I don’t think I should get ads from stuff I look up while incognito.

  • DMmeYourBoobs@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    1·
    1 year 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.

  • Metal Zealot@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year 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”