How to Really Browse Without Leaving a Trace on a local computer

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Think that your browser’s private mode keeps your browsing completely private? Not so! More often than not, you’re still leaving traces of your browsing session behind, and today we’ll tell you how to get rid of them for truly private browsing.

http://lifehacker.com/5395267/how-to-really-browse-without-leaving-a-trace

fyi: Changed the previous topic completely to a new topic.

nmb

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Very informational. Thanks for the post.

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Thanks for the link, nmb. :slight_smile:

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Thanks nmb.

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Just for a friendly addendum, the article is about leaving fewer traces in the local computer you used for browsing.

Well, although I admit I’m using quite a lot of tricks in the article since I hate to find garbage in our computers but I wonder if they are practically needed for our daily usage…

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@Rumpel

Thanks for the addition rumpel. yes, the article is about cleaning up the local computer.

Guyz (Derelict_AZ CharleyO Marc57),

welcome.

nmb

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To be clear, I didn’t mean to deny the usefulness of the article but…yes, I felt the title may be misleading even at Lifehacker site… Of course, the information should be useful when we know what it is about. This is bit late but thanks for the heads-up, nmb. :wink:

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I thought it was obvious when someone reads the article… since it(cleaning up) is done only in the local computer. ???

thanks for your view. :slight_smile:

nmb

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That’s the view from some computer literates. I’m far from being a specialist in computers but I know the all the tricks except some batch file ones. However, form my experience, I know that some people, actually, surprisingly many people, seem to think the net-browsing itself is private most likely because they can browse the net alone in their private rooms although it is not tough to reach the conclusion that it’s not private at all since their machines and they are communicating through the net.

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Exactly. add:the private browsing mode - isn’t private. that is exactly what LH is trying to say.

nmb

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However, it fails to mention the traces on the net, which is my point, here.

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Exactly. that is what I meant when I said the private browsing mode - isn’t private. :wink:

nmb

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O.K. Then, I guess we are repeating. As I have already written, I thought that Life Hacker’s expression of “truly private browsing” was somehow misleading for the majority most likely becasuse it is originally intended for computer literates.

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I will modify the topic to : How to Really Browse Without Leaving a Trace on a local computer. so that there is no confusion atleast from my side if not LH.

nmb

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Yes, that’s clear. :wink: Thank you for your trouble.

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I edited my post just before you posted as it meant that I accepted something wrong. :slight_smile:

nmb

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Thanks for the info. nmb. Very informative article. I routinely use CCleaner and love it, but I know there is more that can be done. Thanks.