I am trying to create a webview (as an exercise) that does not track or store any browsing history locally.
I have made it so that when the webview is closed, it calls the following
[[NSURLSession sharedSession]resetWithCompletionHandler:^{}];
but I am finding that things like google search history persists some how between sessions. I have also tried clearing cookies separately through
NSHTTPCookieStorage *storage = [NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage];
for (NSHTTPCookie *cookie in [storage cookies]) {
[storage deleteCookie:cookie];
}
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];
still to no avail. Google searches still show when a new web view is created.
Is anyone aware of a way to remove the identifier that google is using to match that search history back to me? I'm concerned it's something like the bundle identifier, which is probably a bit trickier to prevent being read.
Any ideas are appreciated.
Regards,
Luke
On your computer, open Chrome. Settings. Cookies and other site data. Turn Send a "Do not track" request with your browsing traffic on or off.
Do Not Track is a great idea, but when it comes down it, the technology has no bite. Companies can---and usually do---choose to ignore it and face no consequences for doing so. Despite this, you should enable the setting for the few sites that honor the setting.
Go to Settings > Safari, then below Privacy & Security, turn any of the following on or off: Prevent Cross-Site Tracking: Safari limits third-party cookies and data by default. Turn this option off to allow cross-site tracking. Hide IP address: Safari automatically protects your IP address from known trackers.
“In App Browser” is nothing but a web view that provides limited browsing functionality as a sub process of the app that triggers the web view. This also facilitates the flow of information from the browser view to the parent app. Android.
Try setting nonPersistentDataStore for WKWebsiteDataStore of WKWebViewConfiguration
Here is a sample code snippet
let webVuConfiguration = WKWebViewConfiguration()
webVuConfiguration.websiteDataStore =WKWebsiteDataStore.nonPersistentDataStore()
let webView = WKWebView(frame: webviewRect, configuration: webVuConfiguration)
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