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> Firefox Private Browsing windows now attempt to make all connections to websites secure Ah yes, I don't want anyone to eavesdrop on my pr0n! Edit: to clarif

by toyg 5y ago

> Firefox Private Browsing windows now attempt to make all connections to websites secure Ah yes, I don't want anyone to eavesdrop on my pr0n! Edit: to clarify, I find it weird that this has been limited to Private Browsing, when most people don't even use it for anything but adult websites. The feature is good and should be available for regular browsing too.

yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
Do you have traffic that you are okay with people watching? Because I personally have exactly zero traffic that I want my ISP to know about (and then resell that info to ad companies, ex. https://www.infoworld.com/article/2608352/internet-privacy-another-privacy-threat-dns-logging-and-how-to-avoid-it.html https://www.infoworld.com/article/2608352/internet-privacy-a...).
- toyg 5y ago
  I agree wholeheartedly - that's why I found puzzling that the functionality has been limited to "porn-mode". Judging by the downvotes though, I should have stated it better.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
    Oh, yes now I can see what you meant. Forgot that private mode was called porn mode, especially since in my brain it's more like "safe mode" to run without extensions or cookies:)
ilikepi 5y ago
> Edit: to clarify, I find it weird that this has been limited to Private Browsing, when most people don't even use it for anything but adult websites. The feature is good and should be available for regular browsing too. It can be enabled for all windows, but it was not enabled at all when the feature was first rolled out in v83. Presumably they wanted to allow time for any bugs to be shaken out before imposing it by default in any circumstance. It seems plausible they could enable it in regular windows as well in the future.
PoignardAzur 5y ago
I had the same thought. Best guess, they're doing it as a large scale canary. That way they can roll it out to all Firefox users, and if something breaks, users can always fall back to non-private mode until it's fixed.

by toyg 5y ago

yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago

Do you have traffic that you are okay with people watching? Because I personally have exactly zero traffic that I want my ISP to know about (and then resell that info to ad companies, ex. https://www.infoworld.com/article/2608352/internet-privacy-another-privacy-threat-dns-logging-and-how-to-avoid-it.html https://www.infoworld.com/article/2608352/internet-privacy-a...).

toyg 5y ago
I agree wholeheartedly - that's why I found puzzling that the functionality has been limited to "porn-mode". Judging by the downvotes though, I should have stated it better.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
  Oh, yes now I can see what you meant. Forgot that private mode was called porn mode, especially since in my brain it's more like "safe mode" to run without extensions or cookies:)

ilikepi 5y ago

> Edit: to clarify, I find it weird that this has been limited to Private Browsing, when most people don't even use it for anything but adult websites. The feature is good and should be available for regular browsing too. It can be enabled for all windows, but it was not enabled at all when the feature was first rolled out in v83. Presumably they wanted to allow time for any bugs to be shaken out before imposing it by default in any circumstance. It seems plausible they could enable it in regular windows as well in the future.

PoignardAzur 5y ago

I had the same thought. Best guess, they're doing it as a large scale canary. That way they can roll it out to all Firefox users, and if something breaks, users can always fall back to non-private mode until it's fixed.