This isn’t just a clickbait headline, but an entire attention-bait article with blatant lies.
Google does not track history in Incognito Mode, nor does Chrome retain cache files.
There are things many people might misunderstand about private browsing and informing the public is a nice intent, so why resort to flagrant lies and overloaded language like, “With the right letter from law enforcement, your browsing history could be handed out like free samples at Walmart.”
I am surprised to see this article on HN. I don't think anyone on HN thinks IC-mode is a viable way to deter people who have access to the network logs. IC-mode is for preventing history pollution, or for preventing a room-mate/partner from easily finding browsing history on a computer you forgot to lock.
If anyone has an addition or a correction, please drop me a line in the comments.
Granted, none of this does you any good if you're looking at porno sites, so the only real porn aspect to my comment would be how hard mainstream browsers f* everyone's privacy.
Google does not track history in Incognito Mode, nor does Chrome retain cache files.
There are things many people might misunderstand about private browsing and informing the public is a nice intent, so why resort to flagrant lies and overloaded language like, “With the right letter from law enforcement, your browsing history could be handed out like free samples at Walmart.”