Chrome's Private Browsing Mode Isn't Private In The Latest Update For iPhone

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Be careful what you search for. It seems Chrome's "Incognito Mode", which allows you to search without saving your browsing history, isn't so incognito after all.

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9to5Mac reports "all searches performed in the private browsing mode are available in search history once you return to normal browsing".

The video below shows is erasing a browser entering Incognito Mode, visiting a website, returning to normal browsing and then viewing search history where the supposed private web session shows up.

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Google has not commented on the bug.

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