Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies

Re:Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to de... by whywhywhywhy on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @06:13AM (#18064953)

Was using private browsing to log in to work gmail last night and found it really creepy how it remained logged in across private tabs.

Thought the whole point of a private tab was to completely isolate a browsing session, now you can never be certain your Google credentials are not being shared in these private sessions or even contaminate my non-private sessions.

Going to have to use another browser for my work sessions from now on.

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Re:Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to de... by beavis2 on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @06:21AM (#18065001)

> it remained logged in across private tabs.

If you mean "Incognito mode", then that's always happened. You need to close all tabs.

Exactly the same for FireFox's private browsing.

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Re:Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to de... by ken on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @01:15PM (#18068288)

I don't use Chrome/Firefox but this surprises me, as well. The presence of a private browser window (anywhere) will prevent it from deleting cookies when you close this private browser window? That seems completely counterintuitive to me. When else, in any application, does the mere existence of an open, empty window completely change the behavior of a different window?

Safari's private tabs are each completely independent.

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Re:Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to de... by topspin on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @02:08PM (#18068901)

> The presence of a private browser window (anywhere) will prevent it from deleting cookies when you close this private browser window?

Yes. This is not new behavior. And yes, it frustrates people that assume each window is a separate incognito instance. It's not, and hasn't ever been.

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Re:Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to de... by Dylan16807 on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @05:47PM (#18070790)

> Safari's private tabs are each completely independent.

What happens when you middle click a link on a page that requires login?

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Re:Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to de... by wincent on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @06:20AM (#18064994)

I think Incognito tabs have always been this way in Chrome for as long as I remember (all currently open ones share a session). If you close all of them, the next one you open will be a clean slate.

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