Comments on: Turn on Private Browsing in Firefox

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Use Firefox to View a Webpage’s Security Information — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 11:04:57 +0000

[...] to help you find out whether you have been redirected to a spoofed website. However, if you use Firefox’s Private Browsing feature or have Firefox delete your history each time you exit the application, this variable will always [...]

By: drew

drew — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:12:21 +0000

Private browsing is awesome!!! Now I don’t have to worry anymore! Whew!

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By: 10 Ways to Protect Your Private Information on a Public Computer

10 Ways to Protect Your Private Information on a Public Computer — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:54:46 +0000

[...] policy to adopt is to assume that everyone will see what you do on a public PC. This way you are sure to avoid revealing personal information when using a public [...]

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:34:04 +0000

Hi. I started private browsing. I accidentally set it to NOT ask me every time, but I would like it to ask me every time (I don’t even remember what it asks).

How do I set it so that Firefox will ask me when I try to go into private browsing?

By: Frank D

Frank D — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:24:30 +0000

SantAnna, I just went to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1559 and the Distrust add-on is still there and available for installing. I’ve got it installed in my own FF 3.5.8, and it still works. That’s what I’m basing my question on.

Frank D

By: SantAnna

SantAnna — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:51:23 +0000

Frank, Distrust doesn’t exist any longer.

By: Frank D

Frank D — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:44:11 +0000

How does this differ from the “Distrust” FF add-on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1559
* Hide surfing trails that the browser leaves behind.
* AKA Private Browsing.
* Once turned on this extension monitors FireFox for its activities.
* Once turned off Distrust will remove history items cache and cookies that were used during the distrust session.
Note: Cookies are not removed right away but only when Firefox is closed. Distrust does not remove the cookies but makes them expire when FireFox is closed.

By: Freddy

Freddy — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:03:05 +0000

I noticed all the browsers have a private browsing feature, but does this mean it is anonymous browsing? I really don’t care if the history is tracked on my computer, I don’t want the sites I visit to be able to track me via IP address, cookies, etc. Does it do this also?