• @[email protected]
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    471 year ago

    Are there really people that think incognito does anything but clear your session history and cookies?

    • balderdashOP
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      231 year ago

      You’d be surprised. Lemmy is more tech-literate than the average internet user

      • XbSuper
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        31 year ago

        Maybe, but I’m not very tech literate, and this seems pretty obvious.

      • @captainlezbian
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        01 year ago

        The website that’s solution to computer problems is to switch to linux? We’re more tech literate than most people?

        • @Guy_Fieris_Hair
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          1 year ago

          Yes, the average person doesn’t know how to install Linux or what a distro is. That’s a fact. If you can successfully switch to Linux you are BY FAR more tech literate than most. Doesn’t mean you’re smart though.

          • @captainlezbian
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            21 year ago

            Apologies if my sarcasm wasn’t obvious, yeah a decent portion of people don’t know anything about their computer

    • DaGeek247
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      191 year ago

      I use it for exactly that to keep my porn sites off my search suggestions.

    • @Psychodelic
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      71 year ago

      Are there really people that think there aren’t people that think incognito does something more than clear your session history and cookies?

      • @PixxlMan
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        31 year ago

        Are there really people who think that there aren’t people who think that there really are people that think there aren’t people that think incognito does something more than clear your session history and cookies?

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      You’d be surprised. There are college students with no notion of files and directories/folders… even in computer engineering.

      Speaking of incognito mode, many users, young or old, have no basic knowledge of how internet works (server, client, web browser…) and jumped straight into smartphones. Many can and will confuse the state of ‘leaving no trace behind after’ vs ‘not being watched now’.