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Browser Address Bar/url/search box Autofill - where does the prefill data come from?

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typing in Firefox Browser Address Bar, data begins to populate depending what i type in, in my case english so i type "d" and word/phrases/urls relating to dogs display what we enter a lot then also a history of previous "d" beginning urls or previous "d" searches. my question is this data/coding action occur where? this "history" of what i do/searches/urls on the internet be stored in the cloud or within Firefox and what corporations have access to this history? it's not called "history" but it really is, right? because when i type in the first letter of a url/site i often go to that site is #1 in the list so something is tracking it's my #1 site of that letter. even if i Firefox>History>and delete all History the Firefox Browser Address Bar will still autofill depending on first letter typed? 134.0.2 mac Thank you!

typing in Firefox Browser Address Bar, data begins to populate depending what i type in, in my case english so i type "d" and word/phrases/urls relating to dogs display what we enter a lot then also a history of previous "d" beginning urls or previous "d" searches. my question is this data/coding action occur where? this "history" of what i do/searches/urls on the internet be stored in the cloud or within Firefox and what corporations have access to this history? it's not called "history" but it really is, right? because when i type in the first letter of a url/site i often go to that site is #1 in the list so something is tracking it's my #1 site of that letter. even if i Firefox>History>and delete all History the Firefox Browser Address Bar will still autofill depending on first letter typed? 134.0.2 mac Thank you!

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