• Farid@startrek.website
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    26 days ago

    Andy was 16 roughly in 2004 (he celebrated his 6th bday in 1995 when he got Buzz). Chrome, that popularized Incognito Mode hasn’t been released until 2008.

    Back in the day we just had an extra browser where we always cleared all history after usage (was Opera for me).

    [grins and adjusts glasses smugly]

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      26 days ago

      Safari introduced private browsing in 2005.

      Granted, Chrome eventually innovated by coming up with a catchier name.

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    26 days ago

    They watch in horror as, increasingly frustrated, he searches: “Jessie Bullseye”, “Jessie Horse”, “Jessie cowgirl horse”, “Jessie roundup horse”, “cowgirl redhead horsecock”

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      26 days ago

      Incognito is also great if you need to log in to something on someone else’s machine, or someone needs to log into something on your machine. As soon as the window closes you’re logged out.

      For example, I’ve used this to great effect in the past helping people find their cell phones. I open an incognito window, let them log into their Google or Apple account, then use the respective find phone tool.

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        True, or to log in to a second account of a service you’re already logged in to.