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Re:Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected by samtheprogram on Sunday August 11, 2019 @08:43PM (#20671534)
Why not just use a temporary file system like /tmp?

EDIT: I suppose these are often backed by memory anyway, so not sure if this would solve the problem, but interested in hearing arguments around it nonetheless.

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Re:Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected by TylerE on Sunday August 11, 2019 @08:49PM (#20671563)
Because there is zero guarantee /tmp gets cleared regularly, if ever.
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Re:Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected by stronglikedan on Monday August 12, 2019 @12:35PM (#20677022)
But that onus is on the OS, not the browser.
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Re:Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected by TylerE on Monday August 12, 2019 @02:21PM (#20678298)
Exactly? The browser shouldn't depend on the OS to DTRT.
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Re:Google Chrome Incognito Mode Can Still Be Detected by tylergetsay on Sunday August 11, 2019 @09:19PM (#20671690)
Firefox will cache videos from sites like YouTube in /tmp last I checked.
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