Being in incognito or in private mode is actually private?

Many users thinks that being in incognito mode makes them anonymous in the web.But it really make you private?Let's find out.

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS?
Incognito mode ,Private browsing , In-private browsing - the names are very different but function is one and the same.When you are in the incognito mode , your browser doesn't store any history at all.In chrome it doesn't store any download record in its download section.

When you open up a Incognito window it works like a browser which cannot store history and cookies and local storage also.If so , the browser will immediately delete it.Private mode allows a person to browse the Web without storing local data that could be retrieved at a later date. Privacy mode will also disable the storage of data in cookies and Flash cookies.

Opera private mode

WHO CAN STILL SEE YOU
Well , you get the answer above , that being in incognito doesn't hide you any more. Actually nothing is private this days because your ISP and the web interpreters can still see what you are doing is.Let us look at what browsers are saying.

incognito mode in chrome.

Private browsing mode in Mozilla Firefox.

Incognito mode only prevents browser from saving your site visit activity. It won't stop other sources from seeing what sites you’ve visited, including:

1.Your Internet service provider.
2.Your employer (if you're using a work computer).
3.The websites you visit themselves.

WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WON'T BE SAVED

Private or incognito browsing doesn't save the following things.-

Visited pages-Pages that are visited in the private mode won't be saved.That means no history is saved.(Bookmarks will saved)

Forms and search bar entries -The fiddled forms and the searches are won't come as suggestions next time.

Passwords-No passwords and usernames will be saved.

cookies or local storage-Cookies and local data will be saved and deleted as the browser window closed.That means if you are logged in to Facebook , and you closed the incognito window , you will be logged off and the next time you need to login again.

Downloaded items list -You can download as usual in private mode.Downloaded files will be saved but the list of downloaded items will not be saved.

Cached Web Content and Offline Web Content and User Data: Temporary Internet files or files that websites save for offline use will not be saved.

SOME THREATS WHILE BROWSING IN INCOGNITO

Private mode prevent browser from storing the history but the spam or the spywares can still monitor what you are doing on the web.Some powerful parenting control applications cannot save you from hiding the history.Basically this doesn't happens if you don't have any spam type application installed on your computer.Some anti-viruses can still wrap around the browsers to find out viruses.They didn't matter whether you are in private mode or not.But they didn't save your web history.

USES OF THE INCOGNITO MODE

but still ,the Private mode has many uses.

1.Reduce history -If you are didn't searching any important things which's history you will not be needed later , you should use private browsing mode.This helps your browser to get reduced load of the web cache or the history.

2.Auto fills ,Personal information - If you don't want a name added in the username filled later as a suggestion , use incognito mode.

3.Login multiple accounts-If you want to login your 2 gmail account at same time use incognito to to it.

4.Testing websites-If you are developing a web app and you want to test it,you need to refresh it multiple times. Incognito mode saves you from storing unnecessary history.

There can be more other uses like to preventing others to see your history if they are using your computer.

That's it is!