Comments on: Firefox Private Browsing Mode Help and FAQ

By: jason

jason — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:25:57 +0000

MY private browsing wont turn off why?

By: Mitch

Mitch — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:48:31 +0000

Great suggestion, thanks!

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:12:43 +0000

If you want per-window private browsing like Chrome, try the extension here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...

By: andy

andy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:12:19 +0000

@Carrie

How about trying parental supervision…

By: Carrie

Carrie — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:25:41 +0000

is there a way to disable or block private browsing permanently? we have 2 young kids and don’t want them using this feature.

By: CindyS

CindyS — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:51:34 +0000

I don’t like it a bit, as you can’t select the “Site Preferences” checkbox without impacting BOTH SpywareBlaster AND Spybot Search & Destroy — both of which were working just fine prior to the upgrade to FF 3.5. By “impact” I mean that the protection (unsafe sites, popups, etc.) provided in those products for Firefox is wiped out every time you open Firefox.

The Clear Private Data of the previous release did not have this impact — and it worked just fine!

By: dj

dj — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:58:06 +0000

Some folks delete everything when they exit FF (Tool>Options>Privacy, Setting). Private browsing sounds like it takes it a step further and doesn’t store the information in the first place. What are the benefits of not running in Private browsing mode?

Over the years, I’ve read articles/blogs about security and the addon’s, BetterPrivacy (Flash cookies), NoScript, AdBlock. People seem to be getting aware of Flash cookies. NoScript, I’m conflicted. Some folks say they run with NoScript all the time, but it definitely changes the browsing experience.

I read an article about a new search engine that only finds things in your area (based on IP address). I’m not interested in that, but at least they tell people up front. Part of the greatness and potential of the Internet is that your physical location isn’t a limitation, and that you can find and be exposed to new and different things that you actively choose. I’d hate for a search engine, IP, or application to start making those types of decisions based on “data”. It is my understanding that the data collected, in some cases, was going to be used to pigeon-hole, categorize, or target users. How depressing.

By: Xbot

Xbot — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:50:12 +0000

Yeah i saw that when i was checking out the latest features of FF3, didn’t know what it was about until now, thanks for the info and seems like something usefull in the future.

By: Transcontinental

Transcontinental — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:53:48 +0000

Indeed, the ‘Toggle Private Browsing’ add-on is so functional one wonders why it hasn’t been implemented (I mean the idea) as a default button, as well as Home, Back/Forwards and others. Seems obvious.