Even if you browse “incognito,” your history may not be all that private after all.
An alleged glitch is plaguing iPhone users who watch NSFW content in Private Window, a browsing mode that promises not to save web history or pages visited.
But some unfortunate Apple users have discovered that despite using privacy features, their preferred browsers seem to remember their searches, such as porn, and the last web page they viewed appears in an app's preview. and will be embarrassed in front of friends and family.
“When I switch apps (by swiping up), it says I'm on a porn site if Chrome is open,” one iPhone 11 user lamented. About the resurfaced Reddit postasking forum posters for help.
The anonymous user claimed that they do not visit adult sites and that whenever they watch adult content, they go into “incognito” mode and then the window is removed.
Still, they claim the app still appears to be opening a NSFW webpage.
“There have been two times when I was showing something and people were looking over my shoulder and something like this happened,” the person continued, adding, “My mother was one of them. It was,” he added.
“Many people are mentioning similar issues with Safari, but there is no fix.”
Other users claim to be experiencing the “exact same problem”, calling it “weird” and speculating that the problem could be a “virus”.
The Post has reached out to Apple for comment.
Even though the original post was shared two years ago, the issue was revisited by users in the same online thread just a few weeks ago, acknowledging that it “still matters.”
“I have a fairly new iPhone and this is happening,” said an anonymous commenter, adding that a previously watched porn video “stuck” in Firefox's preview mode. .
“No matter what I did I couldn't get rid of it.”
According to Online Apple Help PageiPhone users can clear cache and saved website data, clear cookies, browsing history, You can erase your internet surfing data.
However, this Reddit user tried clearing the cache, restarting the phone, and switching internet tabs to no avail, and the only thing that worked was deleting and reinstalling the browser app. He said it was.
They questioned why “Apple can't fix this” and pointed out that “iOS is clearly caching images” for app previews.
“This is an issue that has the potential to lead to something very inappropriate,” the Redditor continued, imploring Apple to fix the problem. “Imagine your child using your cell phone or showing you something on your cell phone.”
