{"id":149,"date":"2008-05-15T15:31:26","date_gmt":"2008-05-15T14:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=149"},"modified":"2008-05-15T15:31:26","modified_gmt":"2008-05-15T14:31:26","slug":"safaris-private-browsing-stores-some-user-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/safaris-private-browsing-stores-some-user-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Safari&#8217;s Private Browsing Stores Some User Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/safari.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s Safari web browser offers a &#8220;private browsing&#8221; feature, which prevents storage of store browser history, download history, auto-fill entries, Google searches (in the Search field), and cookies. It turns out, though, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macfixit.com\/article.php?story=200805021106277\">an article on MacFixit<\/a>, that some data gets recorded. Plug-ins, such as Flash Player, are not affected by Safari&#8217;s private browsing setting.<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes by saying, &#8220;As such, if you&#8217;d like your browsing to be even more private, turn off plug-ins. In Safari, this can be accomplished by going to Safari > Preferences > Security and deselecting &#8216;Enable plug-ins.'&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple&#8217;s Safari web browser offers a &#8220;private browsing&#8221; feature, which prevents storage of store browser history, download history, auto-fill entries, Google searches (in the Search field), and cookies. It turns out, though, according to an article on MacFixit, that some data gets recorded. 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