photostill

Lots of privacy issues are indeed a concern. The issue here is not just Firefox nor the point of the cache. While you may wind up with Firefox sealed up, you've not addressed the fact that Windows keeps a separate record of the sites visited for its own cache and most are not aware it is there.

If you are curious about what is in your cache here's how to go look for it and how to clear it.

Go to Start>All Programs>Accessories>Command prompt. At Command Prompt, you must give it the ability to 'Run as Administrator' as it will take that level of assess to get to the info.

You must start out at C root but will find yourself in C:\Windows\System32. So to get to root type or paste in this:
cd..\..

You should now have the C: prompt.
Now type in:

ipconfig/displaydns

You will now get a history of where you have been on the net.
To remove this list type in the following:

ipconfig/flushdns

This is not by far the only source to find your past history. There are many other ways. The main one that used to be used was cookies. It still is to some extent like finding out where you are coming from to view an image. Usually called a referrer. Lots of image hosters do this.

There are other ways not on your computer and not under your control. I can not for the life of me remember the name of the company but it sells datamining to the big corps. It looks at the unique folder number in your browser and attaches data to that concerning you. When you go to some other site that deals with this company it will match that unique folder number to your data and add to it. It's been rather successful in keeping track of surfing histories because it is wide spread in use.

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