• OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip
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    7 months ago

    If they called it cleanup mode, or guest mode, it would be more accurate.

    Use this when you are on a shared device so that you don’t leave history or login sessions or mess with any sessions that the primary user has. That’s it.

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        7 months ago

        Literally the only reason I’ve ever used it is so that when I start typing a web address in front of someone, Google doesn’t “helpfully” autocomplete.

        Aren’t there any other sites that start with p or x?

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      7 months ago

      Calling it incognito has really mislead a lot of people apparently, guest mode is the best alternative name that I’ve seen so far. I occasionally use incognito to log into personal services on other people’s devices, which kinda makes me a temporary guest on that device. Guest mode doesn’t feel 100% right as a name either though.