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An AppleScript to sanitize Safari
Authored by: abyone on Nov 11, '05 08:08:08AM

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I prefer the following method, which lets me keep my cache, history, and cookies until I want them gone, instead of not creating them in the first place
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I'm pretty sure that safari does create them (history, cache, and cookies) when using private browsing, it just gets rid of the changes after you turn it off (i.e. until you wan them gone!).

mmmmm, run simple test.... yup, history still shows up in private browsing mode. Should be simple enough to test the cookies are kept too - but I leave that test as an exercise to the reader.

On another note, I find it hilarious that everybody knows the exact reason why this feature exists, and almost nobody mentions that when discussing the feature.



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An AppleScript to sanitize Safari
Authored by: raider on Nov 11, '05 08:50:25AM

What would that reason be?

I can think of a few...

Like you are at work, and you want to look for a better job - but you don't want any traces of that. Or you want to post to a website that is critical of your company. Or you work for a large Tobacco or Oil or Energy company and want to be a whistle blower. All things that need your tracks erased.

Or you want to browse information about your governments illegal activities. Or find out how to become a dissident. Even how to find council when your American first ammendment rights are violated.

Perhaps you want to browse Sony, or MPAA, or RIAA websites. You don't want them tracking you with persistent cookes. How about adbots and spambots and cookies that track your behavior across sites. We don't want any insideous behavior such as that. Need to keep our computer clean.

What if you want to order your spouse or kids a Christmas present, anniversary gift, or birthday extravaganza - and you know they will snoop. You need to erase the evidence!

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Or Pr0n.


By the way, I also recommend tunneling your traffic through a cloaking SSH tunnel or HTTPS proxy, if you don't want what you browse to be sniffed or logged.

Not that I would need to, just saying.... You know. Informational purposes. This *is* a hint site, right?

What?

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An AppleScript to sanitize Safari
Authored by: ekc on Nov 11, '05 08:54:44AM
On another note, I find it hilarious that everybody knows the exact reason why this feature exists, and almost nobody mentions that when discussing the feature.
So with...er...that in mind, should you be paranoid, you might consider replacing rm with a minimum srm -s or better to thwart at least a software-based file recovery.

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An AppleScript to sanitize Safari
Authored by: brodan on Mar 28, '06 11:22:28PM

Oh, nice. i used this and it wiped out everything in Safari, and Firefox and all system preferences!!!! I am having to rebuild everything back like I had it. I also now get three error messages when something goes wrong in any app, including the system. What is up with that and how can I fix it?

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Loving the Mac. User since 1989.



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