Do you use Private Browsing feature of your browser?

Discussion in 'polls' started by ams963, Aug 14, 2012.

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Do you use Private Browsing feature of your browser?

  1. Yes- always

    20 vote(s)
    18.5%

  2. Yes- occassionally

    26 vote(s)
    24.1%

  3. Yes- rarely

    13 vote(s)
    12.0%

  4. No- used to do it

    2 vote(s)
    1.9%

  5. No

    45 vote(s)
    41.7%

  6. Never knew my browser had that feature

    2 vote(s)
    1.9%
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  1. ams963

    ams963 Registered Member

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    Do you use Private Browsing feature of your browser?
     
    ams963, Aug 14, 2012
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  2. The Hammer

    The Hammer Registered Member

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    No voting options?
     
    The Hammer, Aug 14, 2012
    #2
  3. Tyrizian

    Tyrizian Registered Member

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    Not by default, But I do when it's needed (manually)
     
    Tyrizian, Aug 14, 2012
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  4. Page42

    Page42 Registered Member

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    No, I run tools like CCleaner (manually) and Click&Clean (automatically) when I close my browser. Plus, Chrome's incognito feature does not support extensions, and I prefer to run with them enabled.
     
    Page42, Aug 15, 2012
    #4
  5. Carver

    Carver Registered Member

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    No, private mode turns out to be not very private or secure no extensions.
     
    Carver, Aug 15, 2012
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  6. tomazyk

    tomazyk Guest

    No, I use SBIE for my browsers. Everything is gone each time I close the browser.
     
    tomazyk, Aug 16, 2012
    #6
  7. Noob

    Noob Registered Member

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    OOPS, i voted NO but i do use it occasionally. :D :D
     
    Noob, Aug 16, 2012
    #7
  8. majoMo

    majoMo Registered Member

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    Yes- occasionally
    No occassionally... :D
     
    majoMo, Aug 16, 2012
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  9. Dark Shadow

    Dark Shadow Registered Member

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    No I dont use incognito with Dragon but I do suppres HTTP referer header,Block third party cookies and site data, Clear history on browser close.
     
    Dark Shadow, Aug 16, 2012
    #9
  10. moontan

    moontan Registered Member

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    voted no.

    i got Firefox to auto-delete everything on exit.
    when i want a fresh start, i just close Firefox and re-open it.
     
    moontan, Aug 16, 2012
    #10
  11. Gullible Jones

    Gullible Jones Guest

    No. Live CDs are better.
     
    Gullible Jones, Aug 17, 2012
    #11
  12. niki

    niki Registered Member

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    Same here.
     
    niki, Aug 17, 2012
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  13. safeguy

    safeguy Registered Member

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    Yes. On all of my browsers.
     
    safeguy, Aug 22, 2012
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  14. carat

    carat Guest

    No. :)
     
    carat, Sep 22, 2012
    #14
  15. nikanthpromod

    nikanthpromod Registered Member

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    yes , when needed.;)
     
    nikanthpromod, Sep 23, 2012
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  16. SweX

    SweX Registered Member

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    Yes sometimes :thumb:
     
    SweX, Sep 23, 2012
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  17. TigerRaptorFX

    TigerRaptorFX Registered Member

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    I rarely use it.
     
    TigerRaptorFX, Sep 23, 2012
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  18. roger_m

    roger_m Registered Member

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    I use it a littile bit in IE. This is not by browser of choice, but I do use IE for private browsing.

    I don't have any use for addons, so that is not an issue for me. I prefer to use private browsing to clearing the cache at exit, becuase it is very rare for me to clean the cache ever. I really like having weeks or even months of browsing history saved so make it quicker and easier to go to previously visited web pages.
     
    roger_m, Sep 23, 2012
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  19. jo3blac1

    jo3blac1 Registered Member

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    what's the advantage of using private browsing as oppose to using ghostery?
     
    jo3blac1, Sep 23, 2012
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  20. roger_m

    roger_m Registered Member

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    They're two different things. Private browsing works the same as regular web browsing with the one exepction being that there is no history of your browsing recorded.
     
    roger_m, Sep 23, 2012
    #20
  21. chrisretusn

    chrisretusn Registered Member

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    Sometimes.
     
    chrisretusn, Sep 25, 2012
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  22. m00nbl00d

    m00nbl00d Registered Member

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    Actually, no. Incognito does disable extensions by default, but you can enable them manually in chrome://chrome/extensions/. :)
     
    m00nbl00d, Sep 25, 2012
    #22
  23. Page42

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    Thanks for the info, m00n. :thumb:
     
    Page42, Sep 26, 2012
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  24. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

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    No. What for? To hide from myself what I'm doing?
    Mrk
     
    Mrkvonic, Sep 30, 2012
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  25. xxJackxx

    xxJackxx Registered Member

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    Nobody uses my machines but me. And the ISP probably tracks and logs all of it either way. So no real point as far as I am concerned.
     
    xxJackxx, Sep 30, 2012
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