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

Android has, or is soon to get, an incognito mode for the YouTube app, which will stop watched videos from showing up in your YouTube history. Google will still know exactly what you watch, of course.

Suppose you are browsing the Internet and want to make sure that no one finds what you were looking for, not even your device, which keeps a record of your browsing history. In such situations, ...

Private browsing entails surfing the web without storing information about your browsing sessions. During private browsing, your web history isn't saved, form data isn't recorded, and cookies are ...

In an era where online privacy has become a paramount concern, DuckDuckGo has emerged as a robust alternative to traditional search engines and browsers, offering a suite of tools designed to protect ...

If you're using Safari's incognito mode, aka private browsing, you probably want to keep your browsing history private. However, before iOS 17, anyone with access to your unlocked iPhone could peek ...

Apple has quietly added yet another privacy option to Safari, by letting you set a different search engine just for when you're using private browsing. Here's how to do it. Safari gained its Private ...

Apple has very quietly added another layer of privacy for Safari in iOS 17 that basically lets you avoid using Google when you are in private browsing. Safari on iOS has long had private browsing — ...

Although a private browsing mode known as "Incognito" in Google's widely used Chrome browser has been available for nearly a decade, a legal settlement involving the way it works has cast new ...

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Cybersecurity experts explain what Incognito Mode actually hides—and why it doesn’t make you fully anonymous online.