Christopher,
We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all
reported bugs in a timely manner. You reported this bug in 2011 and
there have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time.
Do you still see this problem in the currently supported releases of
Ubuntu and Firefox? Please let us know if you do.
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Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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Title:
Form history sometimes remembers credit card details
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
This isn't a bug report as such, but this is a potential security
issue. Unfortunately, I don't know if there's an easy answer to this.
I only use the internet for purchases sparingly, but I've noticed that
on some web pages that remember credit/debit card details, Firefox
remembers the card number and security code as form history - and
also, depending on how the web page is designed, the expiry date. It's
an easy matter to clear private data, but this isn't something a
newbie is likely to think of doing. (Okay, I know that Ubuntu by
default requires you to log in with a password before you can get
anywhere near the data kept by Firefox, but I worry that if, say, a
laptop was stolen, it wouldn't be too hard to by-pass the password
protection and access this data.)
I'm happy to give examples of web sites that behave this way, but I'd
rather not leave it somewhere publicly accessible. (Is there an e-mail
address I could privately send that?)
Is there any way firefox can be set up to not remember credit card
details you have entered by default?
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: firefox 5.0+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun 24 16:14:11 2011
FirefoxPackages:
firefox 5.0+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.2
flashplugin-installer 10.3.181.26ubuntu0.11.04.1
adobe-flashplugin N/A
icedtea-plugin 1.1~20110420-0ubuntu1.1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-08 (47 days ago)
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