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Chrome For Android's Incognito Mode Saves Some of the Sites You Visit

Posted by timothy on from the see-also-gchq dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A newly found bug in Google Chrome for Android means incognito mode really isn't as locked-down as it's designed to be. Some sites you visit while using the privacy feature are still saved, and can be retrieved simply by opening the browser's settings. Google Chrome for Android has had incognito mode since February 2012. Here is Google's official description of the feature: "If you don't want Google Chrome to save a record of what you visit and download, you can browse the web in incognito mode."

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  1. WHAT!?!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    GOOGLE'S BROWSER, THE BILLION DOLLAR DARLING OF THE AD "INDUSTRY" HAS A BROWSER THAT COMPROMISES PRIVACY??!?!

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