Privacy Protector is a powerful and effective way to securely get rid of files and data that may invade your privacy and act as potential threats to your Mac. You can use this app to remove a host of sensitive information that can be used to track your activities. Specifically, it clears your cache files, cookies, browsing history, and more, all at the click of a button.Privacy Protector uses the highest industry encryption standards to ensure that data removal is thorough, yet safe and secure. You can manually adjust the level of security you want in the deletion process, with the ability to overwrite files with up to 35 passes to ensure complete removal of sensitive information. Linmukai, Does Not Perform As AdvertisedI purchased this app and ran it here on a late-2013 iMac running the most current version of El Capitan as of this writing. It did not remove everything it claimed to and falsely reported zero bytes of data in places where that was not correct. I verified this.
So, based on a similar comment from another reviewer here I downloaded a free trial of another app also available here on the Mac App Store and tested if it would remove the items that Privacy Protector failed to remove. The app PrivacyScan did this successfully and also removed more items this app does not even attempt. There is no excuse for failing to properly QA software to ensure that it minimaly does what it is designed to do, thus my 1 star rating. I have removed it from my system and just requested a refund from the Mac App Store because this does not do what it advertises it will. I would recommend looking into other apps for this that work well such as the one I mention. Gentle Explorer, Does not clean up Mail Downloads and other downloads foldersThis app DOES NOT clean up one of the riskiest places for confidential stuff to accumulate: the Mail Downloads folder.
Things accumulate thereanything that was a confidential attachment to an email. These accumulate over a period of years, and rarely are cleaned up.Folders such as '/Library/Mail Downloads” and other Downloads folders in the /Library/Containers/ folders should get purged if this app is really about protecting privacy.This omission is bizare, considering that their other product “Disk Doctor” does clean up mail downloads. Is this an omission, or neglect of this app?It does a decent job of the limited things that it does.
A slightly better effort at finding dust bunnies like '/Library/Mail Downloads” would make this app more trustworthy and truly valuable. Itabmedia, Still Does Not Delete All Cookies and Other Sensative Data (ver.
Privacy Protector is a powerful and effective way to securely get rid of files. QuickTime Player: Remove Caches, Download Quarantine History, Recent Items.
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