Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings

	Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings(lapcatsoftware.com)
	610 points by ExMachina73 4 days ago \| 118 comments
	tl;dr: Chrome 152 is again exempting google.com from the user's "delete site data when all windows close" setting, saving Cookies, Local Storage, and Session Storage even when the user isn't signed in and Google isn't the default search engine. The author previously reported an identical bug in 2019 that Google eventually fixed, and reproduced this new instance on two Macs. He attributes it to incompetence rather than malice, but calls for better QA.
	HN Discussion: ↑Chrome is increasingly untrustworthy and behaves like malware or spyware ↑Users should abandon Chrome for privacy-respecting alternatives like Firefox-based browsers ↓The behavior has a benign technical explanation tied to Chrome sign-in integration ~The author's methodology is incomplete and needs a control test to be convincing ↑Personal anecdotes confirm similar frustrating experiences with Chrome data persistence