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Title: cleared history momentarily revealed in global menu bookmarks - privacy issue Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: firefox Having cleared my browsing history in Firefox, about half an hour later I clicked on the "history" button on the global menu. For a very brief second I saw my previously cleared history in the list, which (after maybe a quarter of a second) disappeared and was replaced by my proper, recent history. I'm using compiz, Ubuntu 11.04, unity (and therefore global menu) and Firefox 4. I haven't tried to reproduce the bug yet, but I think its important to note it for posterity. At a wild, untechnical guess, I'd say it's possibly less to do with firefox breaking its own privacy rules and more to do with compiz (or some other aspect of the desktop) saving a texture/image representation of my previous, now cleared history. Not technically a violation of either program's security (I could also take a screenshot and save that in my Pictures folder which would equally achieve the same thing), but since it happened 'accidentally' without any intention or action from myself, it seems to be against the spirit of Firefox's clear history function - when the history is cleared, it should be gone. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: firefox 4.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon May 2 15:03:27 2011 FirefoxPackages: firefox 4.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 flashplugin-installer 10.2.159.1ubuntu1 adobe-flashplugin N/A icedtea-plugin 1.1~20110420-0ubuntu1 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/775609/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
