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"Your Mac Keeps A Log Of Your Downloads"... In your user account. There's quite a difference right there. I thought it was some kind of "hidden" file (not un

"Your Mac Keeps A Log Of Your Downloads"... In your user account. There's quite a difference right there. I thought it was some kind of "hidden" file (not unlike the GPS location which was saved by default on any iPhone with a GPS -- up to the latest iPhone!?) which had now been discovered. It's just in your user account so it's no big deal.

buster 14y ago
Why is it different just because it's in your user account? Everyone with access to your Mac can access it just as well, i assume. I guess it can also be read by applications, uploaded to the internet? I don't have a Mac so i don't know the restrictions but i would consider it privacy information that i would like to know if and where it's stored. There is a reason you can delete your browser history. Or your recently accessed files list.
- fredsted 14y ago
  > Everyone with access to your Mac can access it just as well, i assume If they're logged on to your account, but not if they are using a different account. >I guess it can also be read by applications, uploaded to the internet? Not Mac App Store apps - they're quarantined.
  - buster 14y ago
    > If they're logged on to your account, but not if they are using a different account. So, they are encrypted or how is that guaranteed?
    - fredsted 14y ago
      File permissions.
g_lined 14y ago
It's more than 'no big deal' because it does it irrespective of the Safari 'Private Browsing' feature.