Mozilla: 10-minute ''Private Browsing'' Spikes Common Occurrence At Lunchtimes

[JMcEntegart]

What time of day do Firefox users switch to "porn mode"?

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[ecnovaec]

more than likely it's people going onto facebook/etc and not wanting to get caught. I doubt THAT many people do that at work... during lunch. (I do it during coffee break =P)

 

[jimmysmitty]

But does Private Browsing truly not record every little bit?

That would be interesting to know.

 

[zerapio]

This is silly. Your browser is still making requests through your company's gateway where everything is logged. The only thing it saves you is from storing evidence in your computer, but the evidence is somewhere else (gateway).

 

[zachary k]

[citation][nom]jimmysmitty[/nom]But does Private Browsing truly not record every little bit?That would be interesting to know.[/citation]
obviously not, it records when you use it obviously.

 

[chickenhoagie]

[citation][nom]zerapio[/nom]This is silly. Your browser is still making requests through your company's gateway where everything is logged. The only thing it saves you is from storing evidence in your computer, but the evidence is somewhere else (gateway).[/citation]
exactly. Thats why you only trust private browsing in the security of your own home. Don't think that private browsing helps you at work, because it doesn't. anyone with network administrative access can see what you're doing

but as for me, I use Chrome's incognito for my uhh...private surfing..and yes, my 1 hour lunch at home is a great time for this..hehe..yes..

 

[Ciuy]

hahhaaha busted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Fetal]

10 minutes to wank.

 

[bourgeoisdude]

Epic picture.

 

[chaoski]

no such a thing as private browsing at work. If your IT departments wants, they will see everything and anything you do.

 

[braneman]

interesting "private browsing" is tracked...

 

[therabiddeer]

People really do need to read the article
"the study was done on an opt-in basis for Firefox 4 Beta users"

This means private browsing is not normally tracked.

 

[Shadow703793]

[citation][nom]chickenhoagie[/nom]exactly. Thats why you only trust private browsing in the security of your own home. Don't think that private browsing helps you at work, because it doesn't. anyone with network administrative access can see what you're doing but as for me, I use Chrome's incognito for my uhh...private surfing..and yes, my 1 hour lunch at home is a great time for this..hehe..yes..[/citation]
Hell, even in homes, if you log in to the router/modem, you can usually see the history of the websites visited. Logging is usually enabled by default on most routers.

 

[Guest]

The picture made me spit in my monitor.

 

[eddieroolz]

Personally never liked Mozilla's Private browsing since it closes all tabs I have open.

IE8's implementation is easier to use. New window, bam.

 

[JOSHSKORN]

[citation][nom]zerapio[/nom]This is silly. Your browser is still making requests through your company's gateway where everything is logged. The only thing it saves you is from storing evidence in your computer, but the evidence is somewhere else (gateway).[/citation]
Oh yeah, explain THAT theory to 90% of the population that use in-Private browsing. I'm betting that they barely understand how to use their iPhones, let alone, Facebook.

 

[calmstateofmind]

"It's also plausible that people are more inclined to engage in online shopping or banking during their lunch period and want to keep their bank details safe and secure."

Right...just as it's also possible that the world will blow up tomorrow.

 

[mrhappy50]

I WANT THAT SWEAT-SHIRT!!!!!

 

[johnny_5]

The 25th percentile is 4:30. If it is indeed for porn then it seems like a very short time to enjoy yourself. Especially if it takes you a minute to get to the content you want.
Also in the image above, if you want privacy that badly, then you'd probably care about people seeing your keystrokes, which they can do without you noticing. I guess it's probably not worth thinking about the failures of something so ridiculous anyways.

 

[bpeglow]

Pretty sure the only time I've EVER used Chrome's incognito window is to look at porn lol.