| 2017-02-14 11:23:03 |
Paul Crawford |
description |
I noticed that Fierfox is keeping site-specific information even after using the 'Clear Recent History' option. For example, with a new firefox profile (e.g. start a guest session) go to www.youtube.com and view some video, then look in the location:
~/.mozilla/firefox/<randome name>/storage/default/
You should see a subdirectory named "https+++www.youtube.com". Now clear all history using the menu option History -> Clear Recent History... by selecting "everything" and ticking all boxes.
Result should be no sign of having visited youtube. However the site-specific storage directory still exists which is a significant laps of privacy. It seems not to happen in a private tab, but that is not an excuse for failing to clear on requested.
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
Installed: 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
Candidate: 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
Version table:
*** 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
28.0+build2-0ubuntu2 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages |
I noticed that Firefox is keeping site-specific information even after using the 'Clear Recent History' option. For example, with a new firefox profile (e.g. start a guest session) go to www.youtube.com and view some video, then look in the location:
~/.mozilla/firefox/<randome name>/storage/default/
You should see a subdirectory named "https+++www.youtube.com". Now clear all history using the menu option History -> Clear Recent History... by selecting "everything" and ticking all boxes.
Result should be no sign of having visited youtube. However the site-specific storage directory still exists which is a significant laps of privacy. It seems not to happen in a private tab, but that is not an excuse for failing to clear on requested.
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
Installed: 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
Candidate: 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
Version table:
*** 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
28.0+build2-0ubuntu2 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages |
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