[rab777hp]

Private browsing does not stop cookies from being accepted.

[Droid]

Perhaps you are a web developer that only uses Safari for testing and don't want sessions to remain live, or perhaps the company uses a webmail client that you would prefer not to keep active sessions logged in. Perhaps someone does something that you don't?

I do some work for a charity that allows young people to use macs for free, it is helpful if staff clean up after their browsing sessions on the shared computers. Requiring them to remember for every session is adding a point of failure.

[ljocampo]

I know "Private Browsing" doesn't stop cookies for being accepted. That's not the point. I don't care if cookies go into my cache. I just want a way to delete them automatically and the feature does just that. My cookies, from important sites to me, are left untouched in the cache by the feature. Having it on by default gives me the option to accept cookies permanently, by turning the feature off for that particular site, while having the feature control them for mundane sites by default.

Leo OCampo

[Droid]

rab777hp said:

Private browsing does not stop cookies from being accepted.

Does Safari keep them around after the session is over? Does Safari use these cookies in a new session?
I don't think it does.
You won't stop 'hacks' who know what to look for, but at least your gmail login name won't be default on the Googlemail homepage if you use Private browsing.

The only way to be 100% secure would be to carry a bootable disk & use that, but who has the time? It is not the reason we use macs. Of course if you are obsessed about pron or having absolutely no traceable history maybe its the only option rab777p.

[ljocampo]

Thanks Chis for giving me a workable solution.

I suppose, since I have 4GB of RAM in my iMac, I can afford too add your AppleScript application to the login startup items to automate the launch as well. I also read a suggestion from Rob G about making a keyboard shortcut to turn on and off the "private browsing" feature as needed.

btw: Thanks for putting that guy in his place. You know what they about to assume. "It makes an ASS out of U and ME!"

Leo OCampo

[Chris Breen]

ljocampo said:

> btw: Thanks for putting that guy in his place. You know what they about to assume. "It makes an ASS out of U and ME!"

I think we all sometimes forget that there are real people behind these questions. It's one thing to make a crack like that when someone posts anonymously, but another thing entirely when you're using your real name.

[californiafilm]

if there is a work around for tiger i would like to know it. i work in film, often sharing work stations, researching concepts in a competitive environment, and no, not porn to the "rab777" guy who seems to be the self appointed, too much time to spare kind of judge of what someone else is doing requiring clearing browser, whether it's porn or violating company policy...it's that kind of attitude that gives integrity a bad name...
but it would be helpful and time saving if there is a similar tiger solution...thanks for the always helpful updates and info...never been inspired to thank you before so i guess there's a good result of this guys post..

[Randy131516]

I use QuicKeys. I have a macro that launches Safari and turns on Private Browsing automatically. It also clicks on my bookmark bar to open my seven favorite sites. All from one F key.

[rab777hp]

Ok guys, it looks like I may have made some bad assumptions and jumped to the wrong conclusions for the wrong reasons, and I apologize for that, sometimes our assumptions get a little ahead of ourselves.

[MarkSieber]

I use Private Browsing whenever I do banking on my laptop, which I often take out of the house. I have been hoping that this would help keep my banking sites from being obvious if someone were to pick up the computer--nothing in the history.

I'm sure that a savvy hacker who could get through the computer password and into the browser could figure things out, but I don't save any passwords for banking or medical or account sites and Private Browsing is another small piece of security. Or is this just wishful thinking on my part?

[MrLarrity]

Ok, look Rab, just stop it and start playing nice! Don't you see how you've got Chris all tied up bantering back with you?

Point is "why are you worried about why someone wants private browsing turned on?" I work in HR and can think of many reasons to turn it on even at home, let alone while at work.

Mind your own business and just let it go. You tried to make a joke, it wsa kinda funny, but offensive even if in some cases true. MacWorld does not condone viewing porn at work, nor was Chris trying to give you a work around to do anything unethical or illegal, he was just doing his job and passing along helpful information for whatever the reason be.

Thank you for the article Chris, keep giving us these morsels of helpful tips.

[rastarman]

I only turn on cookies when necessary. I have Safari set to "private browsing" and "never accept" for cookies most of the time. Yet when I check my cookies, I find several from facebook, some tracking services, and even cookies from a funeral parlor where I posted a photo of my recently departed cousin. I haven't returned to the funeral parlor site and yet these cookies return.
I keep private browsing on, delete cache and even reset Safari, yet a great many of these cookies keep returning. I don't recall this persistent behavior in the past. Any suggestions how I can keep the cookie cache clean. So far, only using Onyx to clean all caches works, and then only for a short time.

[rab777hp]

i have the same problem as you sometimes- except onyx does it for good.

[pcthiker]

Please furnish and unordered list of the better ones.