Bug 14463 - .Mac synchronization can not be disabled in safari preferences
Summary: .Mac synchronization can not be disabled in safari preferences
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebKit Misc. (show other bugs)
Version: 523.x (Safari 3)
Hardware: Mac OS X 10.4
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
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Keywords: InRadar
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Reported: 2007-06-29 13:15 PDT by nonoctave
Modified: 2007-07-07 12:32 PDT (History)
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Description nonoctave 2007-06-29 13:15:09 PDT 
In Safari Preferences->Bookmarks, there is a checkbox "synchronize bookmarks with other computers using .Mac". If you disable it, quit Safari, and restart it has checked itself back on. You can even switch to a different preferences pan, like tabs, and switch back to bookmarks and it is re-checked. It seems that it does not actually ever get unchecked except graphically for the time that the pane is open. The result of this is of course that Safari engages in a lot of web traffic when shutting down, and a brief burst when starting up. This behavior creates problems because for security reasons it constantly must be analyzed to determine if it is actually a trojan input manager or other such malware that is resulting in the web traffic.
Comment 1 David Kilzer (:ddkilzer) 2007-07-05 22:54:24 PDT 
Confirmed that unchecking "Synchronize bookmarks with other computers using .Mac" does not stay unchecked using a local debug build of WebKit r24013 with Safari 3.0 (522.12) on Mac OS X 10.4.10 (8R218).
Comment 2 David Kilzer (:ddkilzer) 2007-07-05 22:55:15 PDT 
<rdar://problem/5316373>
Comment 3 David Kilzer (:ddkilzer) 2007-07-07 12:32:16 PDT 
Closing as RESOLVED/INVALID since this bug is in Safari itself and is not a part of WebKit.

It will be tracked internally via the Radar bug.