Privacy Compromise | Safari does NOT delete the History on Leopard |

After hitting Reset safari and choose history Safari actually deletes the History - at least so it cannot be accessed within Safari it self. Same things go for the Clear History Command.
Here comes the H O W E V E R :
In this location - /User/Library/Caches/Metadata/Safari/History - ALL the history pages can be accessed and double clicked on in order to get to the homepage one would please...
Imagine there are some web pages that I dont want NO ONE to see that I have accessed. I can reset Safari as much as I please - one thing is for sure - The person in question who wants to access my history can do so - as long as he knows where to look.
IMO - this seriously compromises privacy and totally VOIDS Apple's security guide lines.
I wonder whether this was done purposely or accidentally ?

Try deleting all the files mentioned here;
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1396515

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