Incognito and private mode offer fewer protections than you think
(World News Science)

Your browser of choice probably offers an more private mode—but how effective is it? (Michal Vavro/Unsplash/) Lorrie Cranor is a professor of Computer Science and of Engineering & Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. Hana Habib is a graduate research assistant at the Institute for Software Research at Carnegie Mellon University. This story was originally featured on The Conversation. Many people look for more privacy when they browse the web by using their browsers in privacy-protecting modes, called “Private Browsing” in Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Apple Safari, “Incognito” in Google Chrome, and “InPrivate” in Microsoft Edge. These private browsing tools sound reassuring, and...