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Binary package hint: firefox i found that firefox can be identified by websites through several technologies even with heigh privacy settings. http://samy.pl/evercookie/ reports the same number after ending a session and quitting firefox. this should not happen because the preferences are set to delete history, cookies, download-history, active logins, search terms, cache, saved passwords and offline website data when quitting. also dom.storage.enabled is set to false in about:config. here is the output of the evercookie script: userData mechanism: undefined cookieData mechanism: 283 localData mechanism: undefined globalData mechanism: undefined sessionData mechanism: undefined windowData mechanism: 283 historyData mechanism: undefined pngData mechanism: 283 etagData mechanism: cacheData mechanism: 283 lsoData mechanism: 283 slData mechanism: undefined ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: firefox 3.6.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.45-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Oct 20 01:50:17 2010 FirefoxPackages: firefox 3.6.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 firefox-branding 3.6.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 abroswer N/A abrowser-branding N/A InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100223.2) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: firefox ** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid -- Firefox can be tracked by evercookie even if configured to delete all contents when quit and dom storage disabled https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/663607 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
