How to Fix the Safari Privacy Leak by Disabling Autofill

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Open your Safari browser.

   If you have versions 4 or 5, proceed to disable your autofill. (You can check the version by clicking on "Safari" in the browser bar, letting the menu drop down, then clicking on "About Safari".
   
   A box will pop up showing you your current version.)
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   Step 2: Staying with the Safari drop-down menu

   , The autofill box will open out in your browser. , In the autofill box, uncheck the box marked "Using info from my Address Book card". , If you want, check to see that it worked by opening the autofill box one more time.
   
   The unchecked box should remain that way.
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   Step 3: go to "Preferences".

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   Step 4: Click on the image that says "Autofill".

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   Step 5: Click the autofill box.

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   Step 6: Click the close button (small red circle upper left hand corner) and you're done.

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