Twitter Data Cache on Mozilla Firefoxprivacy.twitter.com 39 pointsmarc3842h6 years ago7 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−SimeVidas6yCould 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...−re6yThe response from Mozilla:https://hacks.mozilla.org/2020/04/twitter-direct-message-cac...https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22774409−captn3m06yDoes anyone know what the exact issue is here? What does Firefox do differently from other browsers?−tmalsburg26yThey 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.−beefhash6yTo 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.−Vinnl6yMozilla described it here now: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2020/04/twitter-direct-message-cac...−jake9wi6yAnd they don't say what actually was wrong nor how they fixed it.
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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...
The response from Mozilla:
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2020/04/twitter-direct-message-cac...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22774409
Does anyone know what the exact issue is here? What does Firefox do differently from other browsers?
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.
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.
Mozilla described it here now: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2020/04/twitter-direct-message-cac...
And they don't say what actually was wrong nor how they fixed it.