522652 - History is bleeding to the web for all to see

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 147777

(Firefox :: Security, defect)

Description

[Pete]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3

I'm absolutely astonished that this bug is here !!!! I can't believe people can figure out where you been on the web by spooling your history over the web by default. Do you know how many computers I've installed Firefox on telling people it's secure? Thousands. And this is the default behavior ? I'm sure this must have been reported but I can't find it but the question is WHY IS IT NOT FIXED?

I fixed it myself by installing Standford SafeHistory and forcing it to install with Nightly Tester Tools. Why is this not built in by default? We are suppose to be better.. Not second rate. 

http://safehistory.com/



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Go to that link, If you have default settings, addons it will bleed your history.
Actual Results:  
About 50 sites I visited showed up. Nothing embarrassing just astonishing. A real eye opener.

Expected Results:  
No history should have been visible on the web with default settings. Think China's great firewall. It should stay private.

Nobody on the web, no site, should be able to figure out where I've been on the web other than there own site.