The Duck Hunters Guide - Blog #6 - Fireproof Sites (Android)

In this post I want to talk about fireproof sites in the Android version of the DuckDuckGo web browser and what information is immune to the fire button when a site is fireproofed. The concept of Fireproofing a site is a little misleading and when I searched online there is not much chatter about what this feature in the browser actually does. One would think that fireproofing a site would make browsing relating artifacts immune to the fire button, but this is not true. As part of my research process, I fireproofed a site and then examined what data remained after clearing browsing data using the Fire Button. What I found is that the Fireproof feature preserves cookies for the selected site so users donāt need to log in again after clearing data (session cookies remain intact). However, browsing history, cache, and other site data are still cleared , even for fireproofed sites. We will start with determining what sites the user has fireproofed. This information can be foun...