Chrome for iOS Has Serious Privacy Flaw in Incognito Mode [video]

http://parall.ax/blog/view/2959/chrome-on-ios-7-leaks-searches-in-incognito-mode

by MrRio • 13 years ago

7 3 13 years ago

Searches are leaked across from incognito mode to the normal browser. This is especially bad given that Chrome has a unified search bar.

anxiousest• 13 years ago

It's why the word Incognito in Chrome for iOS has an asterisk next to it:

"On Chrome for iOS, due to platform limitation regular and incognito* tabs share HTML5 local storage, which is typically used by sites to store files on your device (client-side caching) or to provide offline functionality. This means the same sites can always access their data in this storage in both regular and incognito* tabs. Incognito* tabs will still keep browsing history and cookies separate from regular tabs, which are cleared once those tabs are closed."

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95464?hl=en

nextw33k• 13 years ago

Sounds to me like we need an option like delete cookies for local storage as well.

PhantomGremlin• 13 years ago

Pardon my cynicism, but it's hardly in Google's self-interest to have a true "incognito mode" in any browser that you use.

Chrome for iOS Has Serious Privacy Flaw in Incognito Mode [video]

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