How Incognito Google Maps Protects You—and How It Doesn't
Perhaps as a nod to growing concerns about digital behavior tracking, particularly location tracking, Google has introduced a raft of privacy improvements. Among them: a new Incognito Mode for Maps, which prevents Google from saving certain types of data and removes personalization touches from its Maps app. This means that Maps Incognito Mode isn't doing anything to mask or anonymize your web traffic to the outside world—it's simply minimizing the record of your Maps browsing in your own Google account and offering a way to pause location sharing with other Maps users from that device. Courtesy of Google To use Incognito Mode in Maps, simply tap your account photo in the upper-right corner of the screen and tap Turn on Incognito Mode. And when you're not signed in you can't do things like share your location with other users, so if you want those types of features, Incognito Mode offers a way to use them with pauses.
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