New computer.

[Nick]

I actually like Google Chrome because it is fast; I can open a "new tab" very easily and if I'm logging onto something private like on-line banking I have the option of going "Incognito". Selecting incognito I see;

"You've gone incognito" and a message box appears with a warning;

Pages viewed in this window won't appear in my browser history or search history and they won't leave other traces like cookies on my computer after I close all open incognito windows. Any files; downloads or bookmarks I create will be preserved.

Going incognito won't stop websites collecting or sharing information about me. ISP's or employers that track the pages I visit. Malicious software that tracks keystrokes in exchange for smileys or people standing behind me.

All "Incognito" mode does is stop leaving traces on your own computer - no browser temp files are played in the cache, no cookies, no browsing history etc. This has absolutely no effect on traces you leave on the internet - they are exactly the same as if you were in "normal" rather than "incognito" mode.

In the case of on-line banking, "Incognito" mode is unlikely to gain you anything - no on-line banking system I know of (I work in merchant bank eCommerce) stores or leaves anything of even the remotest value on your computer - there is no security hole there - if there was, that would have been exploited years ago and the folks responsible shot (or did I mean "fired"?")

The main use for Incognito mode is when using a shared computer and you want to conceal your browsing habits from other users.

If you want to be really invisible on the web, you need to consider using an anonymising proxy gateway or a TOR-equivalent... However, I suspect that you really don't want to go that far