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Chrome Private Mode Not Quite Private

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-if-i-wear-a-hat dept.

wiplash writes "Google Chrome appears to store at least some information related to, and including, the sites that you have visited when browsing in Incognito mode. Lewis Thompson outlines a set of steps you can follow to confirm whether you are affected. He has apparently reported this to Google, but no response has yet been received."

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  1. Addicted. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Google is addicted to your information, and will do whatever they can to get more.

    They cannot help themselves.

    Resist.

    1. Re:Addicted. by kdemetter · · Score: 5, Funny

      "We are the Google , you will indexed " ?

      --
      Slipping shoelaces ?
    2. Re:Addicted. by AnotherUsername · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I was going to reply with comments related to the Constitution(specifically the Bill of Rights), how the court system works, the various court cases the Supreme Court has ruled on regarding protests and freedom of speech, and other facets of how the law protects you from government abuse related to freedom of speech and protest/demonstrations, but then I remembered that this is Slashdot, and the government is always bad, and corporations are always better than the government.

      I sometimes forget that I am in the minority around here when it comes to trust of the government vs. trust of corporations(I trust the government more than I trust corporations, though I have a healthy wish for privacy). I am one of those that thinks Orwell is overrated(I like the stories, but I don't see them happening), with Huxley's Brave New World being my dystopian present/future to be feared.

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      I don't like Linux. This doesn't make me a troll.
  2. Reproduced it here just fine by droopus · · Score: 5, Informative

    Exactly as reported.

    I'm using 5.0.375.29 beta on an Air running 10.6.3 over wifi.

    Went to cheese.com (the #1 resource for cheese!) and the zoom held.

    Additionally, when I opened a new tab in non-incognito mode, the zoom STILL held, so there is definitely some communication between regular and incognito windows.

    I'm devastated that my secret cheese browsing is now public.

    --
    "The pie shall be cut in half and each man shall receive.....death. I'll eat the pie."
  3. The bug by trazan · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the bug in question, filed about 2 weeks ago:
    http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=43107
    Seems like someone looked at it, prioritized and classified it (eg pri-2, internals-cookies).
    What's the big deal? It's just a bug that needs to get fixed, not a huge conspiracy by Google.

  4. Re:Didn't work for me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, seems this only affects the beta versions from their Dev channel.

    Man that's evil! Putting bugs in their betas so they can spy on us...