In retrospect, this should have been obvious. For the past couple decades, we've been asking Google every question that's ever popped into our head, sharing countless embarrassing personal facts in the process. Sure, Facebook might be spying on your likes, but Google knows all about that weird bump on your thigh you were so worried about for a whole week in 2009. Google knows you looked up advice for dealing with your in-laws. Google knows you had to ask how to spell the word Cincinnati. It knows about all your weird inquiries, your political indecision, your secret obsession with bad rom-coms ... you get the idea. Most horrifying of all, according to the Washington Post, Google saves a detailed log of every search you've ever made, from any device.

Calm down. Take a deep breath. If it helps, take note that Google only recorded these searches if you were logged into your Google or Gmail account at the time, but let's face: Gmail users are always logged in. Google does allows you to go back and read all the searches you've ever made, so at least you can relive the shame of that weird bump on your thigh.

Meanwhile, you know that whole "incognito mode" thing? The Independent explains that while Chrome's incognito mode won't save your browsing history, the not-so-private browsing mode won't keep you invisible from the websites themselves or from whoever runs the network you're using.