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pnld
pnld
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The "search" option page in "options" says:

"Search suggestions will not be shown in location bar results because you have configured Firefox to never remember history."

And yet it does ahow them. Also changing keywords to "false" does not work. I use of lot of financial data. If my laptop was stolen, I do not want any such information being available to a crook.Not being able to prevent suggestions is a major breach of security and potentially may be covered by data protection legislation.

The "search" option page in "options" says: "Search suggestions will not be shown in location bar results because you have configured Firefox to never remember history." And yet it does ahow them. Also changing keywords to "false" does not work. I use of lot of financial data. If my laptop was stolen, I do not want any such information being available to a crook.Not being able to prevent suggestions is a major breach of security and potentially may be covered by data protection legislation.

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user633449
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Can you please clarify what exactly you are seeing? A screenshot (blur out any private information) would be very helpful.

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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On the Options page, Search panel, the type of search suggestions referred to there are suggestions retrieved from your default search engine as you type. They usually have a magnifying glass icon in the left side. Is that what you're seeing? These are dynamic and should not reveal much about your past usage of Firefox -- unless your default search site is customizing the suggestions to you.