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There's a reason why Chrome books are so inexpensive - every time to connect to the Internet, the Chrome OS reads the protected history files and sends them to Google to "enhance the consumer's experience", blah, blah, blah..  This happens in the background and there's no way you can turn it off or stop it... it's in the OS.  The biggest purveyor of hackware and spyware in the world is Google, with their Android smartphone OS and Chrome.  

Google makes a lot of money every year selling user's "consumer experiences" in real time to the NSA and other governmental agencies.  Why make it so easy for them?

I use Firefox set to default Private Browsing mode, which mean as soon as I close the browser, it clears all session cookies and cache.  I set my firewall in Norton 360 (Under Program Control) to block inbound and outbound traffic to Internet Explorer and the newer Win 10 version, Edge (or whatever they call it).

Just sayin'....

nevertoolarge1715 reads

you can erase your web history with a number of cleaners ..however ... if you use chrome, it stores a list of all the web sites you visit in its privacy area for zoom settings .... so you can go there and see what sites someone has visited - i have not found any web utility that clears this area.    to do so see below  

To see the list of zoomed websites, go to the menu button and select Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Show advanced settings. In the Privacy section, click Content settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the Content settings window and under Zoom Levels, click the Manage button.  

it might shock you ... imagine IE and mozilla have the same but i dont use those.

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AlSwearengen13483 reads

and it is totally blank.  And I haven't even cleaned out my browsing history in a long time - so I've visited hundreds of sites.  Not sure if it has something else to do with my privacy settings, but when I click the manage button, it opens a pop-up with "hostname pattern" - but the  box under it is empty.

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hollydavis306 reads

Thank you for the information!

Related Link: Holly's Website!

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YourKinkyMILF458 reads

In the same page (Settings > Show Advanced Settings) Click on Passwords and forms. Then, click on Manage Passwords.  

You'll see all the sites you have clicked yes for it to save that password. BUT, if you keep scrolling down that list, you'll come to a list of the sites that you DID NOT want the password saved. Which is what I select for hobby related sites and I use private browsing windows too. But there they are, on that list anyway.  

You can mouse over each link, and the ones mentioned in the other post, to delete them

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AlSwearengen13258 reads

because I had TER listed under sites to never allow passwords.

Similarly, you can also check your pop-up exceptions - because I had TER listed under there as well.   I have pop-ups blocked on all sites, but had to add an exception for TER because I believe it treats PMs as pop-ups.   I didn't realize when I added TER as an exception, it was saving a list of exceptions somewhere.

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YourKinkyMILF192 reads

Glad it helped you! My day wasn't a complete loss then! lol I was poking around after looking at the stuff in the OP and stumbled across this and had to share.  

Also, for the sites you did allow, it shows most, if not all, of the login in (username) or email for that site

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bigguy30311 reads

When using the internet on your home computer or a public one.

Posted By: nevertoolarge
you can erase your web history with a number of cleaners ..however ... if you use chrome, it stores a list of all the web sites you visit in its privacy area for zoom settings .... so you can go there and see what sites someone has visited - i have not found any web utility that clears this area.    to do so see below  
   
 To see the list of zoomed websites, go to the menu button and select Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Show advanced settings. In the Privacy section, click Content settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the Content settings window and under Zoom Levels, click the Manage button.    
   
 it might shock you ... imagine IE and mozilla have the same but i dont use those.

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YourKinkyMILF208 reads

Because they still collect and store the info even if browsing incognito. Read my post, if you haven't already. :) There will be a list of all the sites you use passwords for, even if you tell them not to save the password, that site will still be on the list. Even incognito

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bigguy30249 reads

Also I my setting are set up in a way, where my passwords and data are not saved!
So I understand points and thanks again.

Posted By: EnigmaticGoddess
Because they still collect and store the info even if browsing incognito. Read my post, if you haven't already. :) There will be a list of all the sites you use passwords for, even if you tell them not to save the password, that site will still be on the list. Even incognito.  
   
 

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nevertoolarge186 reads

very happy to alert everyone and to see it brought other items to attention as well.  fortunately my current wife is totally ignorant of web management - whew  LOL    but its always good to be safe than sorry.    i also only store photos on my hobby account hotmail cloud rather than on any phone or other physical device.

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F117160 reads

There's a reason why Chrome books are so inexpensive - every time to connect to the Internet, the Chrome OS reads the protected history files and sends them to Google to "enhance the consumer's experience", blah, blah, blah..  This happens in the background and there's no way you can turn it off or stop it... it's in the OS.  The biggest purveyor of hackware and spyware in the world is Google, with their Android smartphone OS and Chrome.  

Google makes a lot of money every year selling user's "consumer experiences" in real time to the NSA and other governmental agencies.  Why make it so easy for them?

I use Firefox set to default Private Browsing mode, which mean as soon as I close the browser, it clears all session cookies and cache.  I set my firewall in Norton 360 (Under Program Control) to block inbound and outbound traffic to Internet Explorer and the newer Win 10 version, Edge (or whatever they call it).

Just sayin'....

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