Mikey'Tok'Ra wrote:
I am getting a little freaked by it, at first I thought my system had been comprimised with all the random names, cookies and cache's 😟
It was freaking me out, too. I could probably figure out a way to work around it, but why bother? I lost confidence in Safari. I do not believe advanced hacking skills should be necessary in order to customize my computer. All I need is an adaptable web browser, one that is compatible with the extensions I've grown to love.
Safari brought a pleasantly uncluttered experience to Internet browsing when it worked, but it just doesn't work anymore. It needs constant wrangling, and I simply don't have time to do that. So I stopped using it.
they need to addres this issue asap.
That's what I told Apple on one of the feedback forms I submitted. I even said "please." But I don't think it's going to happen.
When I clear out all web info they should stay gone not float back in 20 mins. I know hae 191 items 😟
I think allowing tracking cookies to monitor my web activities contributes to delusional behavior on the part of unscrupulous advertisers. It also slows my browser down and causes it to hang. So long before Safari became unusable, I modified the hosts file to block the worst offenders, and I used Ghostery to keep even more away. Ghostery works.
I also took the Top Sites button off the toolbar and locked the webpage preview file because I don't need it.
But after the 10.6.8 update to Snow Leopard, the only thing that stopped third party advertising cookies was Ghostery. Then at some point after the 5.1 update to Safari, Ghostery stopped working with Safari. By that time, I had moved on to a stable browser.
I might be jaded, but I'm afraid it might take the force of federal regulations to make developers offer privacy options that work.