News Summary

• It’s this issue that was behind the lawsuit and recent settlement announcement, which concerned whether Google continued to track users even after Incognito mode had been selected.Now Google has prepared a new update to warn that Incognito mode is not as private as many users clearly seem to believe..
• Private Browsing also blocks known trackers, removes tracking used to identify individual users from URLs, and adds protections against advanced fingerprinting techniques.”Firefox presents similar assurances on tracking..
• While this protected browsing erases traces of your online activity on the device you’re using, it doesn’t protect you in the same way from the sites you visit online.By visiting websites, you still leave yourself open to the trackers buried within..
• And we’ve seen Android also sharpen its game on privacy and tracking in recent updates.The hope is that this will provide more open choices for users, just as those moves by Apple have done in the app world..
• That way at least there’s some better level of privacy in place.In defending the lawsuit, Google had claimed that this tracking context was understood and made clear to users..
• Google has confirmed a new warning for its two-billion-plus Chrome users that will come as a surprise to many, albeit it shouldn’t..