Brave Browser, wiping history still leaves trace of visited sites

Re:Brave Browser, wiping history still leaves trace of visit... by 867-5309 on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @05:27PM (#23774428)

you cannot store the history in memory and survive a reboot, unless you write the memory to disk, then read into memory from disk on boot, but even then the history is being stored on disk and so is recoverable. surviving a reboot is necessary since the point of storing history is to make it accessible later, otherwise you would use incog/private mode, or stronger. I don't know what it is you think I don't think is possible

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Re:Brave Browser, wiping history still leaves trace of visit... by boomboomsubban on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @06:57PM (#23775159)

>surviving a reboot is necessary since the point of storing history is to make it accessible later, otherwise you would use incog/private mode, or stronger.

What actual evidence do you have that incognito mode is wiping the history at session end?

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Re:Brave Browser, wiping history still leaves trace of visit... by 867-5309 on Thursday July 09, 2020 @05:12AM (#23778322)

I did not say that, I said it doesn't store history

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Re:Brave Browser, wiping history still leaves trace of visit... by boomboomsubban on Thursday July 09, 2020 @06:13AM (#23778610)

It stores history though, go log into any site in incognito mode. It has the same problem your original post highlights, and is an example of a situation where your history not surviving a reboot would not be an issue.

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Re:Brave Browser, wiping history still leaves trace of visit... by 867-5309 on Thursday July 09, 2020 @08:03AM (#23779253)

of course it doesn't actively store history. it doesn't wipe the storage medium so may leave a trace, but that's different. if a browser says it is wiping then there should be proof of this, instead of the "just trust us" stance which the article rightly highlights as dangerous

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