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By Paresh Dave

Sep 27 2021 12:33PM

Company calls allegations a 'mischaracterisation'.

Google CEO sought to keep Incognito mode issues out of spotlight, lawsuit alleges

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai in 2019 was warned that describing the company's Incognito browsing mode as "private" was problematic, yet it stayed the course because he did not want the feature "under the spotlight," according to a new court filing. Google ...

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