I can reproduce this issue quickly and easily on my system.
Steps to reproduce:
1) Either start from a new profile, or do a "Clear Recent History" with
time range "Everything" and at least the "Cookies" box checked
followed by running "sqlite3 cookies.sqlite vacuum".
2) Run "strings cookies.sqlite | grep -i google", and observe that no
results appear.
3) Open Firefox, and visit google.com. Close Firefox.
4) Run "strings cookies.sqlite | grep -i google", and observe that some
results appear, as expected.
5) Open Firefox. Do a "Clear Recent History" with time range
"Everything" and at least the "Cookies" box checked. Close
Firefox.
6) Run "strings cookies.sqlite | grep -i google", and observe that the
results from step 4 still appear, despite having cleared cookies.
I can reproduce this issue quickly and easily on my system.
Steps to reproduce:
1) Either start from a new profile, or do a "Clear Recent History" with
time range "Everything" and at least the "Cookies" box checked
followed by running "sqlite3 cookies.sqlite vacuum".
2) Run "strings cookies.sqlite | grep -i google", and observe that no
results appear.
3) Open Firefox, and visit google.com. Close Firefox.
4) Run "strings cookies.sqlite | grep -i google", and observe that some
results appear, as expected.
5) Open Firefox. Do a "Clear Recent History" with time range
"Everything" and at least the "Cookies" box checked. Close
Firefox.
6) Run "strings cookies.sqlite | grep -i google", and observe that the
results from step 4 still appear, despite having cleared cookies.