Firebug can't set local storage

Question

Why does Firebug always report the window.localStorage object as empty? If I open the console and type,

>>> window.localStorage.setItem('foo', 'bar')
undefined

>>> window.localStorage
0 items in Storage 

Is there some security setting that is preventing me from using localStorage?

Answer 1

Your page is presumably https, which causes Firebug not to be able to read localStorage.