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by joeshaw 5432 days ago
The main exceptions to this are Flash cookies. These are shared between all browsers for a given user, since they're stored by the Flash plugin itself and independent of individual browsers' profile storage.
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"Starting with Flash Player 10.1, Flash Player actively supports the browser's private browsing mode, managing data in local storage so that it is consistent with private browsing. So when a private browsing session ends, Flash Player will automatically clear any corresponding data in local storage."

Source: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/privacy_mod...

Local storage here refers to "Flash cookies".