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I use Firefox Focus on my mobile devices. It blocks trackers and you can easily delete your history and cookies. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/focus
On one hand, I don't want to be tracked. Disabling cookies in this case is fine, because if I open my webmail then all I do afterwards is tracked, courtesy of analytics code. On the other hand, disallowing cookies leads to all the problems mentioned in the post.
I wish there was a feature "keep multiple tabs, but cookies are not shared between them". Currently I manage with a combination of Firefox extensions and using two browsers at the time. But I wish it was easier.
I have two use cases requiring private browsing, and dealing with both of them is very annoying. On one hand, I don't want to be tracked. Disabling cookies in this case is fine, because if I open my webmail then all I do afterwards is tracked, courtesy of analytics code. On the other hand, disallowing cookies leads to all the problems mentioned in the post. I wish there was a feature "keep multiple tabs, but cookies…
That's how Safari does it. It can be a little awkward, in that [eg] if you log into HN, then open a comments page in a new tab, you'll need to log in again -- but I think it's better than Chrome's approach.
There's a middle ground that seems like it'd be the best of both worlds — sharing things between multiple private tabs, but not multiple private windows.
I have two use cases requiring private browsing, and dealing with both of them is very annoying. On one hand, I don't want to be tracked. Disabling cookies in this case is fine, because if I open my webmail then all I do afterwards is tracked, courtesy of analytics code. On the other hand, disallowing cookies leads to all the problems mentioned in the post. I wish there was a feature "keep multiple tabs, but cookies…
Developing web apps and avoiding caching problems, obviously.
I have two use cases requiring private browsing, and dealing with both of them is very annoying. On one hand, I don't want to be tracked. Disabling cookies in this case is fine, because if I open my webmail then all I do afterwards is tracked, courtesy of analytics code. On the other hand, disallowing cookies leads to all the problems mentioned in the post. I wish there was a feature "keep multiple tabs, but cookies…
I have two use cases requiring private browsing, and dealing with both of them is very annoying. On one hand, I don't want to be tracked. Disabling cookies in this case is fine, because if I open my webmail then all I do afterwards is tracked, courtesy of analytics code. On the other hand, disallowing cookies leads to all the problems mentioned in the post. I wish there was a feature "keep multiple tabs, but cookies…
I do wish Firefox especially, as it positions itself as the users champion, would make their 'private' or persistent containered mode standard, with an option to whitelist and opt out for selected trusted sites.
My main use case of private browsing is to avoid having to agree to the ubiquitous tracking websites demand, when they use every dark pattern in the book to make opting out hell. A private session can let me agree and shrug it off. I do wish Firefox especially, as it positions itself as the users champion, would make their 'private' or persistent containered mode standard, with an option to whitelist and opt out for…