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Re:Chrome for iOS Has Serious Privacy Flaw in Incognito Mode... by anxiousest on Thursday October 03, 2013 @11:12AM (#6489447)
It's why the word Incognito in Chrome for iOS has an asterisk next to it:

"On Chrome for iOS, due to platform limitation regular and incognito* tabs share HTML5 local storage, which is typically used by sites to store files on your device (client-side caching) or to provide offline functionality. This means the same sites can always access their data in this storage in both regular and incognito* tabs. Incognito* tabs will still keep browsing history and cookies separate from regular tabs, which are cleared once those tabs are closed."

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95464?hl=en

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Re:Chrome for iOS Has Serious Privacy Flaw in Incognito Mode... by nextw33k on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @05:08AM (#6513719)
Sounds to me like we need an option like delete cookies for local storage as well.
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