Closed
Bug 357485
Opened 18 years ago
Closed 18 years ago
Privacy leak: clearing private data does not clear favicons
Categories
(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)
Tracking
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RESOLVED
INVALID
People
(Reporter: usenet, Unassigned)
Details
Favicons remain on disk, even when private data is cleared. This is a security risk, as it means that a partial record of which websites have previously been browsed remains on-disk, regardless of privacy settings. To reproduce: * Make bookmarks, and revisit so favicons can be seen in menus * Clear private data (and, optionally, also restart browser after clearing) * Look at menus again What happens: * Favicons are still in the menu, and still on disk What should happen: * Favicons should be cleared from disk, and also removed from menus in running browser
Comment 1•18 years ago
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Is this really a privacy leak? The favicons are encoded as data: urls in the bookmark file. If you're keeping the bookmark itself what's the point of trying to hide the favicon?
Group: security
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Comment 2•18 years ago
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Ah: if they are stored in the same place as the bookmarks themselves, and do not persist anywhere else in the system, then that's not a problem. Sorry about that: I'll resolve this as INVALID, if I can.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 18 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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