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Firefox to disable extensions in private browsing

• Vamsi_Kumar 8y ago
  But why Firefox is doing this? What is the reason?
  • Vinnl 8y ago
    I presume it is because extensions might leak browsing data, which is especially undesirable for private browsing. You can whitelist individual extensions if you trust them, though. (Note that Chrome does this too.)
  • detaro 8y ago
    Browsers have been split on this: E.g. Chrome (and I think Edge) requires you to explicitly opt-in each extension for private mode too. Generally, the reasoning is that private browsing promises to leave as little record as possible of what you do using it, and browser extensions can (not even necessarily maliciously) break that promise. Hiding private windows from extension by default means only those extension the user explicitly allowed access can do that.