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		interestica on March 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: HN was down Chrome used to store 'zoom level' for URLs even if you were in incognito mode: and in plain text. Not sure if it still does.... (if you changed the zoom level for a site while in incognito from the default, it would save the value and the associated URL).

marshmallow_12 on March 15, 2021 [–]

not anymore. it does it the other way 'round though, which can be frustrating.

chmod775 on March 16, 2021 | [–]

Whew. That gives the site extra bits of information to connect you to your real identity/account.

marshmallow_12 on March 16, 2021 | | [–]

I'm incognito for a reason. I don't need to be followed all over, i'm a big boy, i can log in without any help.

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