Private Browsing mode will also delete all cookies when Firefox is closed. I’m guessing it’s more clear to users and therefore they feel safer. This is exactly the same as choosing Never remember history, so I’m not sure why they have the option here also. You can also click on Use custom settings for history and then check the Always use private browsing mode box. Firefox will have to restart in order for the changes to take effect. The only difference is that you will not see that purple mask icon in the browser window. If you need to allow trackers on specific sites, you can click on the little shield icon in the address bar and then click on Disable protection for this session.įinally, if you want to enable private browsing mode all the time in Firefox, you can do that by going to the same Privacy tab under Options and then choosing Never remember history next to Firefox will: under the History heading.Ĭhoosing this option is the same as private browsing mode. Obviously, it hurts sites that make their money off ads like mine, but that’s your choice.
Your browsing will definitely be faster and more private using this mode. In my case, all the ads from Google are blocked, Kontera, the Google Analytics script, and Google+. If you open up the web console, you’ll see exactly what resources get blocked. So what exactly does this do? Well, here’s an example of my own website below. Now go ahead and click on the strict protection list and then click Save Changes. Next to Use Tracking Protection in Private Windows, click on the Change Block List button. You can enable the stricter list by clicking on the hamburger icon, then clicking on Options and then going to Privacy. The only issue with this is that it might break some sites since it blocks a lot of stuff. If you want even more protection, you can enable the strict protection list, which will block all trackers. Firefox uses the standard list, which blocks common advertising trackers, social sharing trackers and analytics trackers. By default, it uses the list provided by Disconnect, which is an online security and privacy product.
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As with all private browsing, your activity is not tracked locally in your browser, but your ISP, employer or even software installed on your system can possibly track everything you are doing.Īs mentioned earlier, tracking protection is enabled also, but can be turned off. You’ll also get a new window showing you what is saved and what is not saved while browsing in this mode.
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