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Re:Bypassing anti-incognito detection in Google Chrome by xg15 on Saturday July 20, 2019 @08:20AM (#20485329)
I wonder if encryption is even necessary.

Isn't the purpose of Incognito mode to protect against tracking inside the browser? At least I haven't heard so far that its also supposed to shield data from access outside the browser.

So, wouldn't be enough to simply delete the space after closing the tab? (Or use a new, empty storage location for each newly opened tab)

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Re:Bypassing anti-incognito detection in Google Chrome by AbacusAvenger on Saturday July 20, 2019 @08:25AM (#20485344)
Deletion doesn't mean the data is actually gone from disk though, so it would basically leave unencrypted evidence of incognito browsing history. There are multiple use cases for incognito, and tracking inside the browser is only one of them.
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