Chrome Incognito has a Gmail account saved in it (try it yourself)

Posted by scottmcdot on Friday October 11, 2019 @08:53AM
from the self-post dept.

Step1: Open Chrome Incognito

Step2: Google "gmail login" without the quotes

Step3: Click on "Sign in...". See screenshot here: https://imgur.com/gvLCCGa

Step4: Whose email is this auto-populated and why? https://imgur.com/EiMRV5s

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Re:Chrome Incognito has a Gmail account saved in it (try it ... by sdbillin on Friday October 11, 2019 @09:06AM (#21223936)

Not seeing this. The only option I have is to autofill with my browser sync credentials. -edit- it shows all my saved gmail credentials, which for this browser is just one.

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Re:Chrome Incognito has a Gmail account saved in it (try it ... by desktopninja on Friday October 11, 2019 @12:54PM (#21226155)

confirmed. happens to me.

Google Chrome 77.0.3865.90 (Official Build) (64-bit) Revision 58c425ba843df2918d9d4b409331972646c393dd-refs/branch-heads/3865@{#830}

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Re:Chrome Incognito has a Gmail account saved in it (try it ... by jgrahamc on Friday October 11, 2019 @09:05AM (#21223924)

Doesn't happen for me.

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Re:Chrome Incognito has a Gmail account saved in it (try it ... by ddingus on Friday October 11, 2019 @12:42PM (#21226025)

Happened for me.

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Re:Chrome Incognito has a Gmail account saved in it (try it ... by tego101 on Friday October 11, 2019 @09:26AM (#21224104)

Happens to me

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