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Status: Duplicate
Merged: issue 464985
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Closed: Mar 2018
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Incognito mode data persistence caused by JavaScript headless popup

Reported by bar...@gmail.com, Mar 10 2018

Issue description

PRIVACY ISSUE
Javascript headless popup window can be opened from the incognito mode and can cause session persistence even after all incognito mode closures. Javascript popup include localStorage data and also can be hidden, User can unwittingly close all tabs but not the headless window.

VERSION
Chrome Version: 64.0.3282.186 + stable.
Operating System: Windows 10 

REPRODUCTION STEPS
1. Open Incognito mode - https://codepen.io/barzik/pen/dmPeJx?editors=1010 for example.
2. Click the button several times. the JS opens javascript popup (in the demo it is visible). The counter is incremented by data that inserted to localStorage.
3. Close all incognito tabs.
4. Open new incognito tab. localStorage data is there.
 
Mergedinto: 464985
Status: Duplicate (was: Untriaged)

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