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Incognito mode in Chrome on iOS doesn't seem to be incognito

2 pointsby praveensterover 9 years ago
Open Chrome on iOS. Then open a "New incognito* Tab". In the incognito window navigate to google.com. Enter a search term in the web page (not navigation bar). Now open a "New Tab" and once again navigate to google.com. On the results page, if you select the search box, you will see the search term that you had entered incognito.

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captn3m0over 9 years ago
Quite well known issue: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theverge.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;10&#x2F;3&#x2F;4797968&#x2F;chrome-for-ios-incognito-mode-not-private-bug" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theverge.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;10&#x2F;3&#x2F;4797968&#x2F;chrome-for-ios-inc...</a><p>Even the chrome support page mentions it[0]:<p>&gt;Note: Your iPhone or iPad might store information about some websites you visit in incognito mode, even though Google Chrome doesn&#x27;t. This is because regular and incognito mode tabs share HTML5 local storage in iOS devices. HTML5 websites can get this information about your visit in this storage area.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.google.com&#x2F;chrome&#x2F;answer&#x2F;95464?hl=en" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.google.com&#x2F;chrome&#x2F;answer&#x2F;95464?hl=en</a>