Browsing in incognito mode doesn’t protect you as much as you might think

Nearly every major browser now has a private browsing mode. Here's a look at what they do and don't do for surfers. — AP

NEW YORK: Although a private browsing mode known as “Incognito” in Google’s widely used Chrome browser has been available for nearly a decade, a legal settlement involving the way it works has cast new attention on this commonly available setting.

The settlement disclosed April 1 in a US federal court is primarily designed to ensure that users who use Incognito mode in Chrome get more privacy while surfing the Internet than they had been previously.