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You open a link in a new incognito window. In what way have you been identified to the peer host?

I open a link in a non-incognito window. In what way have I been identified by the peer host?

My point is that incognito does nothing to hide your identity, and therefore "incognito" is a misleading name for the feature.

For starters, the header of the IPv4/v6 packet you sent the request in has GDPR regulated PII -- your IP address.

Did you expect it to just sit there and not establish connections? Try to participate in the debate in a way that isn't idiotic.

I was directly answering your question.

Note that a court is not interested in my understanding of how Google's products work. They are concerned about a layperson's understanding.

Of course, the technologies that much of the internet uses have a lot of inherent privacy implications. The question is whether Google should communicate these accurately to people who do not understand them.

I agree with you. The TCP/IP header argument is really bad. It shows how internet is full of people who will keep arguing for the sake of argument instead of trying to have a reasonable, pragmatic and honest discussion.

That was an entirely honest answer. While these topics might seem over-simplistic to an industry insider, they are not trivial to laypersons.

In fact, Google does explain that IP addresses are transmitted when using Incognito on this help page: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/7440301

Specifically how does it show that?

I'm no expert, but it seems unlikely to me that "The TCP/IP header argument...shows how internet is full of people who will keep arguing for the sake of argument instead of trying to have a reasonable, pragmatic and honest discussion." That just seems like an off-topic rant added on there, bad-mouthing others while positioning yourself as one of the noble internet good guys. "Assume good faith".

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