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User profile for user: penkapp
penkapp Author
User level: Level 1
10 points

"Remove all website data," cookies, and extension preferences

Safari 5.1 Lion


Can someone please confirm the following (very unfortunate) behavior?


1) Check the option "Block cookies from 3rd parties and advertisers"

2) Visit any major site (CNN, CNET, etc.)

3) 3rd party cookies and tracking data is still acquired from doubleclick, etc. despite step #1


In other words, Safari 5.1 does not seem to be blocking third party cookies. I have seen other threads documenting this. What's worse is that "removing all website data" (Preferences | Privacy tab) *also* deletes your extension preferences. ***?


Chrome and Firefox separate "local data" (extension prefs and site offline storage) from cookie/tracking data. Safari is no longer an option to me until this is fixed.

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 11:18 PM

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User profile for user: Bimbyk61
Bimbyk61
User level: Level 1
4 points

Sep 30, 2017 10:31 AM in response to Atomic Al

I can not delete the website data on my iPhone 6 I have tried the advanced setting does not work I have tried deleting each one that does not work I have do not track enabled I search in private mode still some of the sites show up in safari I have updated to 10.3.3 as requested it works maybe twice and then goes back to the website data being stored on my phone. I do not want this data on my iPhone the most recent update I was sent was 10.3.3 I am ready to just shut my iPhone down and not use it. This should have been corrected by Apple the know about the problem.

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User profile for user: JimLasVegas
JimLasVegas
User level: Level 1
8 points

Jul 29, 2011 10:40 AM in response to penkapp

I have just clicked "Clear All Website Data" because there were over 400 sites listed that had cached cookies, etc. I cleared all data, and immediately, there were 14 websites that had info. stored. I just set the Storage Database to 'zero' and immediately there were 5 websites that stored web information.

I guess that I won't be using Safari any time soon.

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User profile for user: edthered
edthered
User level: Level 1
5 points

Aug 9, 2011 9:10 AM in response to penkapp

I, too, am perplexed by this change. Then again, I've been perplexed by most of the changes Apple has made to products/os in the last few years. I'm thinking that I may not only change browsers, but hardware/software also. It's issues like this that make me wonder if anyone on the Apple design team actually uses any of their products, or maybe they think we are all just too ignorant to be able to use a computer.


Making things simple to use shouldn't equate to removing advanced functionality, but it seems that's what Apple believes it to be.


Really disgusted now.

Thanks Apple.

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