firefox: 108.0.1 (64-bit)
windows 10: 21H2
installed browser: firefox (pin-ed private mode on task bar) and edge (set to always open in private mode)
When I open firefox… (funda kabanzi)
firefox: 108.0.1 (64-bit)
windows 10: 21H2
installed browser: firefox (pin-ed private mode on task bar) and edge (set to always open in private mode)
When I open firefox by clicking the icon on the task bar, firefox is opened in private mode. When I type in a URL in the address bar and click return, the private mode icon disappears from the tab, and the firefox instance becomes a normal (non-private mode) window.
When I open firefox in regular mode, and click New private window menu button, a new firefox instance is open with no private-mode icon shown anywhere in the new window.
How can you tell if firefox is in private-mode or not? Does the new version of firefox really have private mode?
See the attached images:
start firefox in private mode using the pin-ed icon on the task bar; then type in www.google.com in the address bar. After that, cannot tell if firefox is still in private mode.
By the way, I've cleaned all browser data, all, everything I can select in the settings. Still in private mode, I still get site suggestion from history.
From privacy's point of view, something is wrong somewhere.