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Kitty4670
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05 Apr 2024, 1:45 am

Does private browsing mode really private?



kokopelli
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05 Apr 2024, 2:33 am

Not really. It basically just aims to avoid storing history and cookies on your local computer.

You can improve things with a good VPN that focuses on privacy. I have a paid ProtonMail account and use the ProtonVPN included with it.

Use both the VPN and the private browsing.

I don't really need it, but just for fun my cell phone is almost always using the VPN and routes the traffic through both Iceland and the US.

One time just for grins, I used it to route my path for an ssh connection to a computer across the hall from my office through both Stockholm, Sweden and Tokyo, Japan. It was definitely slower than just using the office network, though.


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