Incognito Mode For Google Maps Arrives On Android

'Incognito Mode for Google Maps is rolling out to Android users to
prevent your search queries and real-time tracked location from being
recorded onto your Google account. Engadget reports:

It's not something you'll want to use all the time as some features
will be disabled, and it's important to note that it doesn't turn off
all tracking. The places you go won't be saved to your Location
History (if you have that enabled), your searches won't be saved to
your account and it won't use your information to personalize the
experience. Still, you could be tracked by internet service providers,
other apps, or if you're using Assistant and other Google services.
Similar to incognito on Chrome, it's more useful as a depersonalized
look at recommendations than as a full-fledged privacy protector, and
a way to make sure that whatever you're searching for in this instance
doesn't affect your recommendations later -- don't worry, we're not
judging. '

-- source: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/19/11/01/0112223

Cheers, Peter
-- 
Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
+64 (7) 858-5174
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/
http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
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