It's practically empty and displays what it's storing .. Not encrypted and loaded to the hilt like Youtube .. I was just doing a comparison of sites and was shocked at Youtube's localstorage use. Cookies don't display like Local storage does in the developer tools .
What would a non-abusive usage look like?
It's practically empty and displays what it's storing .. Not encrypted and loaded to the hilt like Youtube .. I was just doing a comparison of sites and was shocked at Youtube's localstorage use. Cookies don't display like Local storage does in the developer tools .
So basically any usage of that api is abusive? Dunno about you, but I can read the entries perfectly fine..
Good for you
LocalStorage & SessionStorage Editor
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/localstorage-editor/
Clear Browsing Data
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clear-browsing-data/
"Clear cookies, history, cache, ... Local storage data"
and my favourite, can delete local storage (site based rules) on a pre-programed time interval:
Cookie AutoDelete by CAD Team
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/
Also available for chrome-brosers:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookie-autodelete/fhcgjolkccmbidfldomjliifgaodjagh
Working with this right now on a side job website.. Youtube is is remarkably an abuser of LocalStorage