When you browse websites in private/incognito mode, basically what happens is that your computer or your mobile device won’t store the data it obtains while browsing, such as history, login information, and so on. However Mozilla plans on taking things one step further to make browsing on your device a true private browsing experience.
As it stands the new features are part of Mozilla’s pre-beta release so if you’re using the Firefox browser on your smartphone or computer, don’t expect to be able to get the feature just yet. That being said, the new private mode on Firefox will not only prevent your device from storing your information, but it will also block web-based trackers from tracking your online activities as well.
If this sounds familiar, it is because a few days ago, the EFF released their own browser extension that basically blocked ads on websites from tracking your data. However given that sometimes these trackers are necessary in order for a website to work or load properly, enabling this can sometimes break a page.
In Mozilla’s case, you can disable the protection by clicking the shield icon next to the URL if that feature breaks a page, but otherwise you should be able to browse the web with relative anonymity. However like we said, this is a pre-beta release so we expect it will take some time before the feature finally makes its way to the masses.
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