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Comment by jedieaston

It'd be impossible for Google Analytics to not collect data from a incognito tab without it knowing that it is incognito somehow (like if Chrome attached a header to all outgoing requests that said incognito=1 or something). But then websites would know you are in incognito, and find some other way to track you without leaving cookies on your box (like logging the IP address for the request and merging all incognito requests into one profile, which would be accurate enough).

What do they want Google to do? They warn you specifically of this anyway when you open an incognito tab:

"

You've gone incognito

Now you can browse privately, and other people who use this device won't see your activity. However, downloads and bookmarks will be saved. Learn more...

Chrome won't save the following information:

Your browsing history

Cookies and site data

Information entered in forms

Your activity might still be visible to:

Websites you visit

Your employer or school

Your internet service provider

"

parent jedieaston 6 years ago

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