Everytime this is reposted in a new template I remind everyone that no one is using incognito mode to hide from their ISP they are using it to hide from their spouse or partner.
Yes, they do. I use 4 different browser profiles for various things. But everyone who uses my computer while I cannot control what they do, gets their own user account or can use a guest account.
Everytime this is reposted in a new template I remind everyone that no one is using incognito mode to hide from their ISP they are using it to hide from their spouse or partner.
I also use private mode for searching things that I myself would be appalled to find in my own search history.
That’s pretty advanced usage - hiding stuff from yourself.
Because different accounts are not possible on every OS, right?
Browser profiles serve very different needs from OS level accounts.
Yes, they do. I use 4 different browser profiles for various things. But everyone who uses my computer while I cannot control what they do, gets their own user account or can use a guest account.
My brother in Christ, you are literally giving an example of how browser profiles and OS accounts solve different problems.
I use it for Xmas shopping and for when I don’t want a site to auto login with any of my sessions.
Firefox containers
Put all your accounts in different containers and just open the page outside of them (also great for multilogging and not being cookie tracked)
That’s great for sites you visit routinely but way more hassle than it’s worth for one-off visits.