Incognito was never meant to make you think you're hiding anything from the browser that you're typing everything into. It's about loading a website without any prior context (i.e. cookies) and not saving the state when you're done.

Incognito is useful for debugging cookie state issues without having to nuke your existing cache only to find out it wasn't the issue.

It's also useful when you have to log in on someone else' computer. Open incognito, log in, do your business, close the window. No risk of accidentally staying logged in. (But if they're actively trying to mitm you, incognito won't matter. Just don't use any devices that person has access to).

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

You forgot the #1 purpose: having a wank and leaving no browser history involving midgets and bukkake

[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sure, but we all mostly use it for porn

[–] s_s@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My brother in christ, plese get yourself a second browser profile. Keeping a history and bookmarks are wankchanging.

[–] z500@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

I don't know if Jesus is on board with this

[–] Butter_My_Buttcheeks@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Yup

[–] Scout339@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Finally, someone else who understands.

[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I switched to firefox

[–] produnis@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use Arch, btw

[–] SpookySnek@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Firefox gives you pretty much the same experience as chrome, tbf. Not really the case with arch lol

[–] Caboose12000@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've been having trouble with it on in-browser video calls, so now I also use opera

[–] Interstellar_1@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Btw, Opera is owned by a chinese company and is about as private as google chrome.

[–] bappity@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

b-but funny social media account!!!!

[–] b166erdk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Opera is probably the worst you can use. Browsers for privacy

[–] FarLine99@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

LibreWolf. Hardened Firefox. Brave. Default Firefox. Something. PLEASENOTCHROME

[–] LiarBesidalAll@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

I love Firefox and will continue using it until they shit all over adblockers too. Which I don't really see them doing, but ya never know. Eventually, when there's just no way to avoid ads, I'll stop using the internet lmao

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Brave does very little to control Google's influence on the web. Better than Chrome, but not by much.

Really if we wan the open internet to continue Firefox (and derivatives) or Safari the only options. I'm still sad that Edge was replaced by Chromium. Even though Microsoft isn't great it is another engine that Google needs to convince to implement their crap.

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Brave does very little to control Google's influence on the web. Better than Chrome, but not by much.

[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Meh. Firefox is the best browser if you care about privacy and FOSS.

[–] laxe@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

When Chrome was first launched, so many people thought Incognito would be useless. Little did they know.

[–] nakukono@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

Incognito is useless though, it hides your history from only you. Google stores, ISP stores, that site stores, just your browser forgets.

[–] Fer24@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Vivaldi or brave (or both)

[–] DestroyMegacorps@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Real ones use tor browser

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