Iceweasel privacy settings behave differently depending on user
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My spouse and I are the only two users on our laptop, a Lenovo R61. The
laptop OS is Lenny (still), and the version of Iceweasel is 3.6.26 from
Lenny-backports.
In my spouse's privacy preference window "never remember history" is
selected. This preference is stable; it is never changed except by
deliberate human action.
In my privacy preference window however, whenever I select "never
remember history" and close that window, Iceweasel will never let me
keep it. If I open that window immediately after I close it -- or
whenever I close Iceweasel and reopen it -- the selection will be
changed to "use custom settings for history", with the following boxes
checked:
"automatically start Aceweasel in a private browsing session"
"accept cookies from sites" and
"accept third party cookies"
As far as I can figure out the "never remember history" setting and the
"use custom settings for history" with those boxes checked have the same
effect. I nevertheless find it strange that in the circumstances
described by spouse can use the "never remember history" setting;
whereas I cannot.
Does anybody have an explanation for this behaviour?
Regards, Ken Heard
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