The crux of this is that turning on Incognito browsing in Chrome _doesn’t_ turn off Google’s JavaScript trackers (like Google Analytics) on random web pages.<p>I’m no fan of Google in the monopoly sense but this lawsuit is total bullshit.<p>What’s the alternative here? Blast out an HTTP header “HEY IM IN INCOGNITO MODE! DONT TRACK ME!!!”
> The lawsuit seeks at least $5 billion, accusing the Alphabet Inc unit of surreptitiously collecting information about what people view online and where they browse, despite their using what Google calls Incognito mode.<p>So, just another iteration of "Let's sue a megacorp"
Feels like they are blaming Google (Chrome) for Google (search) tracking users altogether? Maybe we need to start legally enforcing "Do not track" browser state?
It is somewhat sad that -apparently- nowadays it is enough to just think of some (magic) functionality and then you can sue a company if the product does not fulfill this fantasy (even if it clearly says so on every incognito tab you open)<p>But isn't it even more depressing that every tech news outlet has to jump on that craziness and amplify it thereby?
Why do wee need to read about this... as if it would be something to consider even vaguely truthful?
Do people really believe that private browser modes were intended to protect them from tracking?<p>I thought it was pretty clear that the intention was to hide history activity from users of the same computer.