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You Should Browse With Incognito More Often: Here’s Why

MakeUseOf: “Key Takeaways

  • Incognito mode prevents your browsing history, cookies, and information entered in forms from being saved on your device, making your browsing private from others who use the same device.
  • Incognito mode also helps you avoid targeted ads and prevents websites from storing cookies on your device, offering more privacy and a smoother browsing experience.
  • On mobile devices, incognito mode allows you to set a password for your browser and hide thumbnails of your browsing activity on the App Switcher, providing an extra layer of security.

Websites and companies like Google track you through your browser. Since you can’t simply stop using your browser, browsing incognito is one way to mitigate this. But incognito isn’t just for stopping the companies; you can also use it to prevent prying eyes on your device…”

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