Think your browser history is private? Think again.

Think your browser history is private? Think again..

In Firefox, you can visit your about:config settings and create the new boolean named layout.css.visited_links_enabled and set it to FALSE if Firefox does not already have the variable by that name.

Reference: Your Rights Online: Your Browser History Is Showing.

-- Tom

 

well seen how there is no browsing history which exists because History has been disabled in my FF settings, why would it not be private?

 

Just in case you don't already know, Sandboxie will not prevent this from happening.

 

Disabling Javascript or browsing history will probably not protect a browser from browser cache exploits. For Firefox 2 there once was SafeCache and SafeHistory add-ons, but even though they can be hacked (modified) to work in Firefox 3, they screw up the display of the webpage.

-- Tom

 

Blocking javascript will not prevent it, see good summary
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22552875-

but this will as mentioned earlier
"..
Disabling layout.css.visited_links_enabled exists only in FF 3.5 and also prevents seeing any history feedback inside visited pages.
.."

 

Hmm, it seems to work on Opera 10, any way to block it in that?

 

I just tested it in Fx 3.5 and all it shows is a black box... I made sure to disable noscript too

edit: Maybe because I have InPrivate enabled by default on launch?

edit2: Nope, still doesn't work even with InPrivate off in 3.5 just a big black box, I don't think that tweak is needed.

 

Using Deep Freeze or Returnil (DF on desktop, Returnil on laptop), that is something I give no concern to. More people concerned with this kind of thing should simply download the free edition of Returnil, play with it and see how everything is gone on reboot, back to where you were before with your perfect state. Whole drive encryption can put that concern to rest as well.

 

I went to the page above and NOTHING HAPPEND with scripts disabled...

When i enabled scripts,it took ALONG TIME TO COMPLETE and when it was done,i saw nothing!! (Then it took me to a page to order a stupid shirt (Nothing was listed on that either))

I did the test on the DSL site listed above a few weeks ago and nothing..... (Without scripts)