Security News > 2019 > December > Where's our data, Google? Chrome 79 update 'a catastrophe' for Android users with WebView apps

2019-12-16 14:15
'Unfortunately local storage was missed off the list of files migrated' A change to the location of profile data in Chrome 79 on Android, the new version rolling out now, means that applications using the WebView component lose data stored locally.…
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