Bug in Safari’s Private Browsing feature reveals browsing history

JMH · Mar 20, 2015

A bug in the Private Browsing feature of Apple’s browser Safari allows others to see which URLs have been visited. The Private Browsing feature of Safari should make sure that users can visit websites while no information about those visits is stored by the browser.

However, due to a bug Safari leaves traces that make it possible to see which URLs have been visited. When browsing in Private Browsing mode, Safari saves the favicon and the address of the visited website in a favicon database.

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Bug in Safari’s Private Browsing feature reveals browsing history

JMH

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