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notifications with the bell icon so you won't miss any future videos. So, we've

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all been there. It's time to handle something sensitive, embarrassing, or

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seedy, and you definitely don't want it

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in your browser where your roommate, your boss, or your aunt Gertie might

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stumble upon it. So, you fire up your browser's trusty incognito or private

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mode, which promises to keep your activity secret from anyone else who

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uses your computer or phone. But is it

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that trusty? What exactly does incognito mode do? Well, here's the basic

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principle of operation. Incognito mode works by keeping your history, the

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browser cache that contains the contents of pages you visit, cookies that track

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your activity, and form data that you enter only temporarily. The idea is that

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once you're done with your session and you close your browser, this information

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all gets deleted, making it invisible to the next person who uses the browser.

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This makes it not only useful for keeping your browsing habits away from

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prying eyes, but also for getting around

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website features that might make using them irritating. Because it doesn't use

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cookies from your main browsing session, you can use incognito mode to log into a

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website under a different account, stop advertisers from snooping on what you're

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looking at, and even get around website

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payw walls on sites that use cookies to track how many articles you've viewed

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before they start charging you. Newspaper websites are notorious for

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this last one. However, you've probably seen the warnings that pop up in

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incognito mode telling you your employer or internet service provider might still

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be able to keep tabs on your online activity. Well, how would they do that?

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Well, because incognito mode only affects what's being stored locally on

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your computer, all of that traffic is

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still being routed through the servers at your ISP and also perhaps your school

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or office. so it can still be intercepted and tracked. You can learn

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more about that right up here. So that means that if you really want to

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anonymize your web traffic, you'll need to consider using a VPN as well,

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possibly over a network like tour to further conceal your identity. Also

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remember that just because a browser deletes the information about your

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session, doesn't mean it will keep a determined snoop from finding out what

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you've been up to. For example, features that can run in incognito mode, such as

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browser extensions or Adobe Flash, can

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still leave visible traces on your computer unless you make sure that those

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are disabled as well. And browsers also

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don't necessarily delete any data that you built up during an incognito session

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securely. So, some of it could still be found with a software recovery program

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or inside your PC's DNS cache, which

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matches the URLs of the sites you visit to the IP addresses. So, you'll need to

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make sure that you clear your DNS cache with this command if you're really

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worried about privacy. Finally, things

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that go wrong on your PC can also compromise the effectiveness of

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incognito mode. Since many browsers delete the data from your incognito mode

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session once you close your session, an unexpected error like a computer crash

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could keep that data from being deleted normally. And then of course, any

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malware or spying software like a key

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logger could easily be keeping tabs on your incognito browsing if your PC is

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infected. Now, we're not trying to scare you or make you think that private

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browsing is useless. It's still a powerful tool and an easy quick layer of

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security, but just like any tool, it

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only works if you take the appropriate precautions. So, make sure that your

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boss isn't standing over your shoulder while you're using incognito mode to

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