Google has stopped auto-completing my search terms from my history, and started doing it from their own list. Is this a "FFS don't let the wife see my searches" enhancement?
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just use incognito mode in chrome and the wife will never know what you have been searching/looking atOriginally posted by expat View PostGoogle has stopped auto-completing my search terms from my history, and started doing it from their own list. Is this a "FFS don't let the wife see my searches" enhancement?
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AllegedlyOriginally posted by FiveTimes View Postjust use incognito mode in chrome and the wife will never know what you have been searching/looking at
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I do hate it when youtube does that. I wish it could be switched off.Originally posted by expat View PostGoogle has stopped auto-completing my search terms from my history, and started doing it from their own list. Is this a "FFS don't let the wife see my searches" enhancement?Comment
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I don't have a problem with that, but I do use auto-complete lazily to bring things back, insted of bookmarking them.Originally posted by FiveTimes View Postjust use incognito mode in chrome and the wife will never know what you have been searching/looking at
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