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is safari collecting all the sites i ever surfed to?
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Nov 2, 2003, 04:05 AM
 
i normally use mozilla for browsing the web. today i used safari for the first time. i typed in "b" and it completed the url. it was superbad.com. theres more than one year ago that i was on superbad.com. i tried other letters and it completed much more urls i visited in the last month.

the problem is: i never used safari and my powerbook is only one month old. the os, too. i just imported my mozilla profile.

i think that if safari really collects all the websites i visited with an other browser it was a big security flaw. this really sounds like microsoft.

any suggestions? i am very confused about this.
     
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Nov 2, 2003, 04:22 AM
 
it uses your bookmarks and history. most likely it imported another browser's files. clearing your history or erasing that particular bookmark will put a stop to it.

-r.
     
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Nov 2, 2003, 04:23 AM
 
The first time you run Safari, it imports a number of items from other browsers, such as bookmarks. It's possible Safari imported Mozilla's history, too.
     
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Nov 2, 2003, 08:42 AM
 
Damn!!!!....no more porno...
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