Google just agreed to destroy all the private search history of millions of people who used "incognito" mode in its Chrome browser. Looks like you weren't browsing in secret, after all, sucker. This bombshell emerged in the settlement filed to US federal court on Monday in a case over the company's secret tracking of web activity.
"Even when users are browsing the internet in 'private browsing mode,' Google continues to track them," according to the suit. "Google's tracking occurred and continues to occur no matter how sensitive or personal users' online activities are." One Google employee recommended changing the incognito splash page to say: "You are NOT protected from Google.
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