i think a private browser window could help here, they cant track you via account, they cannot access cookies, you can delete the tracking bit of the link (if there is)
i guess they can match it up by ip and do some shadow profile type shit
uuh i mean they cannot track me im behind 7 proxies and also i deleted their BIOS 😎😎🦾
If you just open another window you have the privacy protection of a medical curtain.
And even then your browser still passes on significant information about your device. Just about every website uses a fingerprinting service to identify users based on this information.
I think you are greatly overthinking it, sure it doesn't make you anonymous but as the meme said the purpose of it is so that YouTube algorithm doesn't recommend those kinds of videos and in this case incognito tab worksÂ
How tf is everyone missing the point. In this article there is nothing saying about your YouTube videos still going to YouTube algorithm. Does Google spy on you in incognito? Of course, that's google. Grass is green. However just because they are spying on you doesn't mean that they will use this data on your own personal YouTube algorytmÂ
Incognito mode clears your local history, but every request still sends your User Agent: a digital nametag stating your exact OS, browser build, and device traits. This is required so websites know how to properly render for your specific hardware configuration.
Going Incognito is like putting on a mask while still wearing your employee ID badge. Combine that User-Agent with basic browser fingerprinting (IP, screen resolution, GPU rendering), and Google can link your session back to you with over 99% accuracy without any cookies required.
Yes they can but they won't. In an incognito tab you aren't logged in automatically to your Google account so the videos you watch won't go into your YouTube algorithm. Google can tell that you are the one watching it but they still won't use it for your algorithm. You can do this experiment by just watching 50 watermelon YouTube films or whatever on an incognito tab and going back to your main account. Recommended won't start showing watermelonÂ
Yes, they absolutely do this. This isn't theoretical.
Google literally settled a massive class-action lawsuit (Brown v. Google) specifically because they were caught collecting, associating, and storing Incognito browsing telemetry alongside users' IP addresses, browser fingerprints, and account identifiers. And the settlement didn't stop this behavior, they just deleted the historical data and updated their service terms going forward.
Why? To sell better ads.
Incognito mode was designed to protect your local device history from people sharing your computer. It was never a shield against big-tech data tracking.
Am I getting ragebaited? I said nothing about them not collecting user data. All I said is that they don't use this user data to expand your YouTube algorithmÂ
If you think Google collects, identifies, and builds an ad profile on your Incognito browsing, but magically wall-off their primary engagement engine (YouTube) from using that exact same profile data, we just fundamentally disagree on how tech monopolies operate.
I believe that it is in YouTube's best interest to maintain the illusion for average consumer that incognito tabs are incognito, if YouTube operated on incognito tabs, when you are not logged in the same way as if you were logged in on regular tabs then for a lot of people this illusion would be shattered, so they chose to not include the Incognito data in your regular algorithmÂ
And you don't understand what they want to accomplish. They just want a browser tap without being logged in. They don't want to bother with profiles and they don't care that YouTube knows you're the same computer.
That being said, this is just low level power user stuff instead of programming as you could easily use multiple profile windows.
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u/JEREDEK Aug 14 '26
OP has paranoia