about:global in Netscape

[Harpo's Fan]

I found the file in my Win95 machine in 

C:\Program Files\Netscape\Navigator\Live3D\Data\globhist.flr

I think the important thing, however is that somewhere 
in Netscape there exists the functionality to 
constantly keep track of this information.  There 
should also be, somewhere, a way to turn that 
functionality off.  Anybody got any ideas?


I just deleted my global file and I had 
to delete it from the Recycle Bin to _really_ get 
rid of it.  (I could still pull the file up using 
the about:global command.)  All this time I thought 
that clearing out all my caches would do the trick!  Silly me.  

Thanks for the warning.

--Barb Dunn
(nothing I say anywhere has anything to do with 
my employers unless I explicitly say so.)



On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, Wilfred Drew wrote:

> I got this "tip" from Tip World published via e-mail by PC World.
> 
> GLOBAL SLEUTHING
> 
> Don't remember the URL of a site you visited two weeks ago? Want to find
> out what your unsuspecting children do when                          
> they use your system? You can find out where your browser has been in
> the past month by typing about:global in the                           
> address book. The resulting page may be saved by selecting File, Save
> As, so you can hold it as evidence -- or just keep                     
> referring to it in the future. 
> 
> Why does Netscpae put such items into their program?  That would mena if
> I left my machine on in my office, someone could come in and see where I
> have been surfing.  Where is this information stored?  Is it in a
> separate file?
> 
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