Twitter Data Cache on Mozilla Firefox (opens in new tab)

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39 pointsmarc3842h5y ago7 comments

7 comments

SimeVidas5y ago

Could Twitter not have used the Clear-Site-Data header to instruct Firefox do wipe the cache when the user logs out?

https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-clear-site-data/#example-sig...

re5y ago

The response from Mozilla:

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2020/04/twitter-direct-message-cac...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22774409

captn3m05y ago

Does anyone know what the exact issue is here? What does Firefox do differently from other browsers?

tmalsburg25y ago

They make it sound as if Firefox was to blame but don't make it explicit. Could be that they messed and that it has nothing to do with Firefox.

beefhash5y ago

To be fair, "the web" means "what Chrome does" nowadays to a lot of people. Even if it wasn't Firefox's fault but rather some web standard that Firefox adhered to, Firefox will be blamed for not being bug-for-bug compatible with Chrome.

Vinnl5y ago

Mozilla described it here now: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2020/04/twitter-direct-message-cac...

jake9wi5y ago

And they don't say what actually was wrong nor how they fixed it.

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