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Welcome to Academic IELTS Help › Forums › Student Support › Is incognito mode really anonymous? › Reply To: Is incognito mode really anonymous?
Incognito mode gives you way less privacy than most people think. Websites still collect browser fingerprints through screen resolution, installed fonts, timezone, language settings, and tons of other data points. These fingerprints can identify you pretty accurately across sessions even in incognito. You can learn what is browser fingerprinting here https://gologin.com/blog/what-is-browser-fingerprinting/ . It breaks down how the tracking works and why incognito mode doesn’t make you anonymous at all.