Based on what is written there, if I'm a standard non tech user, and that I don't know anything about Js cross site requests, then, when I browse a news website (that is not Google), I don't expect google to be able to see my activity. As, again, it is not their website that I'm visiting.
In addition, Chrome is distributed by Google itself and they clearly advertise it as made by them, better and safe. They make it explicit that it is entirely under their control. So, it would be logic for a standard non tech user to expect that google do not track them when they are using the "google" chrome incognito mode.
Keep in mind that a lot of users would not know the difference between a client and a server.
Also, remember that google do everything to blur the lines when it was convenient for them:
When you are logged in Google, your own browser is logged with a special profile icon. If you look at it you can launch a Google search directly from the url bar or from the "new tab" page.
Even as a power user, can you easily reply to the following question? is the new tab your browser domain or Google domain? Hint: some content here is dynamic depending on your Google account...
> I don't expect google to be able to see my activity.
The incognito default tab says that your activities are still visible websites. The incognito mode even explains that other people using the same device won't see what you browsed - which is the primary use of it anyway. I don't know what is the concern here - are people angry that a mode which doesn't promise untrackability doesn't give untrackability?
> If you look at it you can launch a Google search directly from the url bar or from the "new tab" page.
What is this meant to to poke at? You can change what the search bar does to another search engine (in fact I believe Duckduckgo is also one of the choices in a new install of chrome).
> When you are logged in Google, your own browser is logged with a special profile icon.
Doesn't Firefox also have the same browser sync service? It's a useful feature to track your browser tabs unless you're security conscious or paranoid (or both).
There's a difference between _not_ understanding what a browser does and misinterpreting what it does, which is what this entire post is.
