REALLY delete website settings in Safe Browser on Android

preppy-skeptic

Safe Browser DOES NOT delete the local storage of data made by websites. Via Settings - Advanced - Website Settings. I see storage by dozens of websites. Deleting an entry does not work. Deleting everything does not work. Entries are still there. Someone can perhaps explain what is going on, which can't possibly be a good thing. 😔

Jaims

@preppy-skeptic 

 

Thank you for flagging this issue.

 

We have notified the relevant team and hopefully a fix will be released as soon as possible.

 

Sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding on this matter. 

preppy-skeptic

Thank you! 

preppy-skeptic

As of today there is still no way to get rid of several megabytes of permanent trackers malware spyware  junk extremely useful, functional, and user-friendly profiling cookies, so called "site specific settings" many of which from websites I only dared visit using the supposedly secure Secure Browser.

The URLs  look extremely dodgy.

I repeat, THERE IS NO WAY TO GET RID OF THEM, DELETING ONE OR DELETING ALL DOES NOT* WORK.

How secure is a browser that accepts and preserves trackers forever, even if the user wants to get rid of them?

Is this some kind of functionality I don't understand?

Can I delete ALL F-Secure related data, preserving my subscription key, and REALLY** getting rid of the trackers?

Extremely displeased.

(* as in "no")
(** as in "truly" or "effectively").

Ukko

Hello,

 

Sorry for my reply. I am only an F-Secure user (their home solutions).

 

First of all, my experience is also about such state (as I explained with another topics). So, I do not able to delete / remove / clean it too.

But...

How secure is a browser that accepts and preserves trackers forever, even if the user wants to get rid of them?

does it about trackers indeed? Based on this article (?! or it is another one wording):

• https://wiki.mozilla.org/Site-Specific_Preferences

these settings / data can be about something "safe".

Probably, for critical information (location?!) - website should ask user's permission.

 

Although, that such list is exist (and it is not possible to clear; even by "button" with such "word") - quite tricky itself.

 

Thanks!

preppy-skeptic

After backing up my product key (as screenshot) I got ready to uninstall and reinstall.

But first I tried 1) stopping Mobile Security and 2) deleting all its app data and cache from the Apps section of Android settings. 3) restarting Mobile Security, 4) opening Safe Browser.

The permanent wep page data was gone, AND the app did not ask me to re-enter the license key (which I found surprising).

A dirty solution, as it probably wipes saved logins, but it works! 😉