❌ Software Removal | suggest to (temp) replace Cookie AutoDelete #777

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2019-03-06T12:43:06Z

atomGit commented

2019-03-06 12:43:06 +00:00

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as you know, the WebExt. API is quite limited at the moment and does not allow deleting IndexedDB storage on a per-domain basis - as such, none of these storage/cookie cleaners affect IDB to my knowledge, other than to perhaps delete it globally at browser start and/or shutdown which of course does not provide privacy protection during a session

Site Bleacher is the only exception to the above that i'm aware of - while it does not delete IDB storage when a tab is closed, which may be preferable, it does delete it upon re-visiting the domain - i believe it works by injecting something in the IDB storage, sort of an identifier perhaps that can be used to delete it for a given domain, so in this way the dev seems to have found a work-a-round to the API limitation

what i do not know is whether this method raises entropy, however even if it does, and if this can be readily detected, it still may be a worthwhile trade-off

SB also handles cookies and local storage

be great if someone more knowledgeable could take a peek at SB

as you know, the WebExt. API is quite limited at the moment and does not allow deleting IndexedDB storage on a per-domain basis - as such, none of these storage/cookie cleaners affect IDB to my knowledge, other than to perhaps delete it globally at browser start and/or shutdown which of course does not provide privacy protection during a session [Site Bleacher](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/site-bleacher/) is the only exception to the above that i'm aware of - while it does not delete IDB storage when a tab is closed, which may be preferable, it does delete it upon re-visiting the domain - i believe it works by injecting something in the IDB storage, sort of an identifier perhaps that can be used to delete it for a given domain, so in this way the dev seems to have found a work-a-round to the API limitation what i do not know is whether this method raises entropy, however even if it does, and if this can be readily detected, it still may be a worthwhile trade-off SB also handles cookies and local storage be great if someone more knowledgeable could take a peek at SB