Editing Talk:1817: Incognito Mode

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Is this a new female character?{{unsigned ip|108.162.245.76}}
:I think it is just [[Blondie]]. She also has similar details in [[495: Secretary: Part 2]] and [[752: Phobia]]. Blondie is a generic character that has long blonde hair, which fits the bill. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 16:03, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

This may be related to several news reports regarding an easter egg found in incognito mode (where a "wink" ;) emoticon shows in the "tab count" field if you have more than 100 tabs open - many news sites (independent, daily telegraph) are suggesting that this is google showing that they know their incognito mode is used to look at pornography (100+ tabs of it apparently!) [[User:Cprobertson1|Cprobertson1]] ([[User talk:Cprobertson1|talk]]) 14:32, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
:Did you just find the solution of how to end a parenthetical statement with an emoticon!? [[541: TED Talk]] [[User:625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8|625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8]] ([[User talk:625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8|talk]]) 14:48, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Am I the only one who primarily uses Incognito mode for browsing, even on my personal computer and mobile device? I just don't want other people "accidentally" logging into my accounts if they borrow my device "just to check an email." [[User:Nialpxe|Nialpxe]] ([[User talk:Nialpxe|talk]]) 14:48, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
:Not the only one. But one could basically say you are trapped in it forever... 15:01, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

I have a habit of checking xkcd every few minutes to see if there is something new. I found this one after spending about 2 hours reading up on superheroes on incognito mode. (Because of that, this was one of the funniest ones so far for me! :)

'''United States legislation'''

It may be fair to mention this piece of legislation that has practically passed: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/for-sale-your-private-browsing-history/ [[Special:Contributions/162.158.246.82|162.158.246.82]] 19:54, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
:Incognito mode does not save you from that. It only affects what data remains on your machine while that bill regulates what your ISP can do with the information they extract from the data you send over the wire. With HTTPS they can at least only see which servers you communicate with but that can be bad enough. The only way around that is to use a VPN (which wraps all communication in a secure channel to the VPN provider's server) but then you have to trust the VPN provider (and possibly their ISP) not to sell your data.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.103|162.158.89.103]] 11:22, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

::Not "possibly". Using VPN can save you from '''your''' ISP but will give all those information to the '''VPN provider's''' ISP. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 01:23, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

:::What I wanted to imply was a) with traffic from different VPN users using the same endpoint it's way harder to link individual connections to a specific user (especially with HTTPS when you can't rely on any request or response data) and b) you should always choose an endpoint in a country where ISPs can't legally sell that information. That way it's more important that you can trust your VPN provider than their ISP. Onion routing such as TOR can help with that but it has some disadvantages as well (especially speed and complexity). But in general you're right.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.247|162.158.89.247]] 21:38, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

:I got that impression too, that it's on Randall's mind, but I'm actually against adding such trivia unless the comic spells out the issue itself. (Also I'm personally just relieved that all the big ISPs came out and said "we didn't sell your data like that in the past and we're not about to do it now") [[Special:Contributions/172.68.142.197|172.68.142.197]] 02:52, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Wonder if today's comic (2017-03-31) will be the [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] of 2017, or if there will be an extra comic tomorrow - Saturday, or if today's comic won't even come out until tomorrow, to be released on April 1st, or if Randall will just skip it this year, as it is not a release day this year, after all the troubles he had with releasing [[Garden]] too late last year...?  I hope there will be one, because the last three years folls' comics have been great :-) --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 10:39, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

The paragraph of explanation on Google Chrome's Incognito Mode used to mention "people standing behind you", so I thought this was funny before I read the text when I had read just the title and seen the picture.  Is it worth mentioning something to this effect in the explanation?  There is an extra pun in the image because the speaker is standing behind the browser, I guess that could be the source of the initial ellipsis.  [[Special:Contributions/108.162.241.100|108.162.241.100]] 12:44, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

I'll use an anonymous search engine within an incognito session to view sites via proxy, so I feel pretty secure. Hang on, someone's knocking at the door. [[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For|talk]]) 00:06, 9 April 2017 (UTC)