This story is part of The Privacy Divide, a series that explores the misconceptions, disparities, and paradoxes that have developed around our privacy and its broader ...

Incognito Mode might sound like a secret window to the web. But experts say it’s not as private as you might think.

You don’t have to be a computer whiz to grasp the value of private browsing. At a time when consumers are worried about sensitive information falling into the wrong hands—including the websites they ...

Want to keep your browsing private? Incognito mode helps, but it doesn’t erase everything. Here’s how to delete history properly and stay secure.

Detecting Incognito mode through filesystem quotas When Google made it so that Incognito mode uses a temporary filesystem using the computer's RAM, it opened up a new method of detecting it based on ...

Sophie Venz is a former Deputy Editor at Forbes Advisor. She is an experienced editor and features reporter, and has previously worked in the small business and start-up reporting space. Previously ...

In a nutshell: Here's some good news for regular users of Chrome's Incognito mode: the Windows version of the program will soon get a desktop shortcut that will open the browser directly in the ...

Do you want to keep your browsing private? Incognito mode helps, but it doesn't completely hide your online activity.

We willingly give our most personal data so often to advertisers, Big Tech, scammers, and everyone else looking to make a dime off us. Want to take control back? Start with changing a few settings ...

If you browse the web in Incognito mode, everything you do is private, right? In a word, no. Your internet service provider, for example, can still see your activity. This misconception has even ...

We willingly give our most personal data so often to advertisers, Big Tech, scammers, and everyone else looking to make a dime off us. Want to take control back? Start with changing a few settings ...

Websites are still capable of detecting when a visitor is using Chrome's incognito (private browsing) mode, despite Google's efforts last year to disrupt the practice. There are several reasons why ...