"Clear all Cookies except Google Cookies", thanks Chrome. /cc
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Also "Clear browsing data" -> "Cookies and other site data" doesn't empty local storage. That comes unexpected since localStorage is broadly used in web/ad tracking.
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In "Clear browsing data" there's at least a notice that I won't be signed out of Google. In chrome://settings/siteData?search=cookies however, there's a "Remove all" button which doesn't remove all. See screenshots before, after click on "remove all" and after refresh.
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Brief correction: Cookies seem to get removed and re-created immediately. At least the cookie content and creation date seems to change. Nonetheless: After hitting the "remove all" button you still don't end up with an empty cookie jar.
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Google announced in a blog to fix the concerns that I raised in this thread with Chrome 70: blog.google/products/chrom
When you "clear all cookies" in Chrome 70 it will, well, clear all cookies 😉
Great to see that my feedback was picked up by and so quickly.
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And the story has also been covered on CNet:
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Could this be because Google uses something which isn't cookies anymore.
They already stopped using http for Google sites on Chrome. So wont be surprised if this happened.
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It's related to the auto sign-in feature of Chrome 69, see twitter.com/ctavan/status/ for more context. This behavior is simply hard-coded into the browser, something only the manufacturer of the browser can do.
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"Only" happens when you are signed into a Google service (like Gmail). Root of all this is the new "auto sign in": twitter.com/lukOlejnik/sta blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2018/09/23/why
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Boy, there are "all out evil" this time around. After all the GDPR and congress meetings they go forward with this crap. Unbelievable Google.
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