Khaberni - Although millions of users turn to Incognito Mode in browsers like Google Chrome, believing it offers them a high level of privacy and prevents any entity from tracking their online activity, the truth is completely different from what many believe. Entering Incognito Mode does not mean your data disappears, nor does it stop the entities capable of monitoring your digital activity from collecting information about your searches and the sites you visit.
While this mode prevents the browser itself from saving history or cookies locally, the Internet service provider, companies, organizations managing the network, and even the websites themselves can still see much of your activity.
As users continue to rely on "Incognito Mode" as protection in a world crowded with tracking and ad files, recent tech reports suggest that this sense of security is largely illusory.
Technology experts confirm that Incognito browsing prevents the saving of browsing history, cookies, and form data on the device itself, giving the user a temporary sense of privacy, especially when using shared devices or searching for information they do not want to remain recorded. However, the danger of absolute belief in its ability to conceal lies in that many aspects of the user's activity remain visible to several entities.
According to experts, Internet service providers (ISPs) can easily monitor user traffic and know the sites they visit even while using Incognito browsing. Likewise, owners of public, school, or work Wi-Fi networks can also track activities, as the data passes directly through their servers.
Websites themselves are capable of collecting user information via the IP address and browser fingerprinting, making many of them able to track visitors and analyze their behavior.
As technology experts explain, major companies such as search engine operators possess advanced tools that enable them to monitor activities across their services even when browsing incognito, unless the user logs out completely from their accounts. Browser extensions, unless disabled, may continue to collect data.
