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Website favicon is shown while typing in url bar. This is making unnecessary requests to these websites and is bad for privacy.

Example image - my history is cleared.

    I'd love to see this too!

      From what I can tell, the favicon is shown if it's in the browser cache which is different from your browser history. For example, I visited protonvpn.com and then typed the URL in a private window (eg: no history), and saw the favicon when I had finished typing the URL but before hitting enter to load the page.

      So IMO, I don't think there is a privacy leak here or that unnecessary requests are being made.

        Just to clarify, I believe a private window should not being using any cache, including the favicon but that's a separate issue.

          8 months later

          Shouldn't history clearing also clear all cache?

          In my opinion, it's an odd behavior that it doesn't and should be changed.

            8 days later
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