IT Home October 12th news, although Google often promotes the "Incognito Mode" feature that its Chrome web browser has, it is said that the company's own engineers believe that the feature needs to be changed. According to a Bloomberg report, Google engineers joked about the traceless mode as early as 2018, and is reported to be mainly saying that the icons of this mode do not convey the level of privacy actually provided by the traceless mode.
In the chat history shared by Bloomberg, a Google engineer said that The company needs to change the name of the spy icon and the traceless mode used in the traceless mode because they leave a wrong impression on users . The core of the problem is that ordinary consumers don’t know much about technology. When they see the invisible name and icon, they may think that the browser is more protective and privacy than the actual situation.
SlashGear points out that when users use Chrome's traceless mode, the browser will not save the user's browsing history and other private data, which is more private than the normal mode. However, traceless mode has no other effect. will not hide the user's IP address, location or other potential identification data. . Its main purpose is to hide the user's activities in a small, completely local range. Although traceless mode will not record the user's browsing history, it will still retain the content created by the user and downloaded during the period.
IT Home learned that the information about these Google engineers is related to an class action lawsuit against Google, , which claims that even if users use traceless mode, the company will collect their data. The company misled users and made them believe that their information was protected. A Google spokesperson said in a statement to Bloomberg that the company has always been clear about the exact way "traceless mode" works.
