[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 36013] New: private browsing reverses cookie settings without notice

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36013

           Summary: private browsing reverses cookie settings without
                    notice
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Macintosh Intel
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.5
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Major
          Priority: P2
         Component: New Bugs
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: chuck at hyped2death.com


I am using an Intel Mac Mini OSX 10.5.8 running Webkit/Safari Version 4.0.4
(5531.21.10, r55834) 

For this version and at least the last year's worth of Webkit updates, there is
a debilitating conflict between security cookie settings and "Private
Browsing". 

When I am looking up medical information, drug interactions, tracing torrent
activity (releases on my label are widely pirated), or anything else that I do
not want tracked I turn off all cookies and engage private browsing, whereupon
Webkit preferences>security settings reverts without notice to [accept cookies]
"only from sites I visit".

For a long while I thought this might have been caused by persistent Flash
cookies which I now clean those out of my system regularly (with Flush), but I
have found that the problem occurs any time "private browsing" is selected
AFTER setting cookies to "Never".

(1) Open Webkit
(2) Open preferences>security and change "only from sites I visit" to "Never"
(3) Select private browsing
result: preferences>security and cookie status is returned to "Only from sites
I visit"

Even if Webkit is relaunched with "Never" already selected, private browsing
invisibly reverts cookies to "Only from sites I visit". 

This problem can be avoided by selecting private browsing first, THEN setting
cookies to "Never", but if this arrangement is intentional, a clear explanation
and instructions should obviously be incorporated into the Private Browsing
"Are you sure you want to turn on private browsing?" dialog box.  Right?

Please forgive me if this bug is multiply reported elsewhere, as it must be a
common annoyance: bugzilla searches for "private browsing" turned up only five
unrelated reports.

Thanks for your help!

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