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Engadget Article - "Droid Incredible saves browser screenshots to internal memory"

fliptwister

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This folder includes screen shots that are used for Internet Browser bookmarks. It also includes screen shots of web pages that I did not choose to bookmark. When I clear cache while in "Internet" in "Manage Applications" it does not remove these jpg files that are not being used for bookmarks. When I clear everything while in Internet app (in settings) it does not remove these jpg files either. It also does not remove them from within the HistoryEraser app. The only way I can remove the jpg files is with Astro or when connected to PC. I have to go through them and erase jpgs that I do not want there.

There were 72 jpg files in that directory and they go all the way back to when I got phone (on 4/29). I have only added 5 bookmarks myself during that time. They do not take up a lot of space but I just don't want them there.

Thanks!
 
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Its not a problem. Engadget is wrong. It stores it on the SD card, which doesnt get formatted during a factory reset, for obvuous reasons.

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Yup, according to one of the highest ranked postings

@Mike10010100

I just checked this on my desire. It saves them to the SD card which is why a factory reset does nothing but you would format or remove the SD card when you sell it anyway. So this isn't an issue.

This article is stupid.
But if you think about it, this is really no different than what Chrome does with its bookmarks when creating a "new tab". The main difference is that Chrome will delete the cached images after a while.

edit: Just checked, mine is on the sdcard. I think it may depend on if you have the sdcard in on your first boot. The users that find their data on their internal storage, when you first activated your phone, did you have an sdcard in?
 
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Yup, according to one of the highest ranked postings

But if you think about it, this is really no different than what Chrome does with its bookmarks when creating a "new tab". The main difference is that Chrome will delete the cached images after a while.

edit: Just checked, mine is on the sdcard. I think it may depend on if you have the sdcard in on your first boot. The users that find their data on their internal storage, when you first activated your phone, did you have an sdcard in?
My SD card was not in phone when activated. That is probably the answer. It really is not a big deal to me. I just periodically erase the images. I hope bringing up this issue forces HTC to come up with update so that images not being used by bookmarks will not be created (or will be deleted automatically). Secondly, it would be nice if HistoryEraser would erase images that were not being used by bookmarks.
 
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My SD card was not in phone when activated. That is probably the answer. It really is not a big deal to me. I just periodically erase the images. I hope bringing up this issue forces HTC to come up with update so that images not being used by bookmarks will not be created (or will be deleted automatically). Secondly, it would be nice if HistoryEraser would erase images that were not being used by bookmarks.

I'm sure that once word spreads on this that history/cache cleaner devs will start integrating the removal of this folder. Maybe drop a suggestion to the dev's email of your favorite cleaner tool.
 
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i had a couple images as well, but after i stopped using the stock browser and switched to dolphin hd, the screenshots stopped. i cleared out the folder and no new entries since yesterday.

i was tempted to delete the folder and see if an app would complain, but didn't bother, esp since i rarely use the stock brower anymore.

good catch. i just started using my bank website on it for emergencies and glad to know that those screenshots won't show up anymore =P
 
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Droid Incredible saves browser screenshots to internal memory, turns into a privacy nightmare? -- Engadget

Is anyone worried about this? They don't explain how to actually remove them from memory.

:thinking:

total non-issue, as far as i'm concerned. first of all, what sites display sensitive account information on the screen, even once you're logged in? second of all, who bookmarks a sensitive site with their login credentials stored? i'm much less worried about reselling my phone to an identity thief than i am about it being lost or stolen.

maybe there's legitimate reason to be concerned, but i don't see it.
 
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total non-issue, as far as i'm concerned. first of all, what sites display sensitive account information on the screen, even once you're logged in?

Let see. Bank Websites. porn sites you visited.

Lets not brushed this off and sweep it under the rug. HTC or somebody needs to make an app that removes it. Simple as that. There should be a 'checkbox' when you factory reset, it allows you to remove all 'user data' including that on the /emmc/ partition.
 
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Its not a problem. Engadget is wrong. It stores it on the SD card, which doesnt get formatted during a factory reset, for obvuous reasons.

That is only IF you have a SD card inserted.

If you don't have a SD card (I never got my free 2GB card from VZW), it will store on the EMMC partition which doesn't get deleted in a factory reset.

YOu can reproduce this (even w/ aSD card) by plugging in your Inc to your computer via USB and surf the web at the same time. I do this to charge my phone and the pc will unmount the SD card. Then by default, the browser will bookmark to internal storage.
 
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I deleted the .bookmark_thumb1 folder on my Incredible's internal storage and when I went back into the stock browser app it re-created that folder on the internal storage even though I had a SD card in the phone. I imagine that if you did a factory reset with a SD card in the phone that it would have the .bookmark_thumb1 folder on the SD card. It is not a big enough deal to me to do this though...
 
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Let see. Bank Websites.

I would seriously look at changing banks if they were displaying sensitive information on the screen. Anything more than last four digits is a serious no-no.

There is also never a reason to bookmark a page (other than the login page) of ANY site that uses personal info (AND I would never bookmark my bank's site on a nonencrypted drive regardless. )

If you can't remember your banks web address, I would keep the bookmarks someplace safer than in a browser on your phone (or your laptop)
 
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I would seriously look at changing banks if they were displaying sensitive information on the screen. Anything more than last four digits is a serious no-no.

There is also never a reason to bookmark a page (other than the login page) of ANY site that uses personal info (AND I would never bookmark my bank's site on a nonencrypted drive regardless. )

If you can't remember your banks web address, I would keep the bookmarks someplace safer than in a browser on your phone (or your laptop)
It takes a screen shot regardless of weather you choose to bookmark. I do agree with your point about displaying sensitive information. Most sites do not display the actual password or other sensitive info.
 
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