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Private browsing mode for more than privacy

Private browsing mode for more than privacy

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Private browsing mode for more than privacy

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- [Instructor] In this week's Monday Productivity Pointers, I want to talk about how I often use the private browsing mode in my web browser for more than just simple privacy. So I'm here on the Chrome web browser and if I open the main menu by clicking this button up near the top left, there's an option here to open a new incognito window. Now, most web browsers have something like this. Microsoft Edge has the option to open an InPrivate window. And Safari just calls it a private window. And they generally all work the same. Basically, you can browse the web in this window and it will not save your history or any website data. If somebody looks at your browser later, they will have no way of knowing which websites you visited. So it lets you cover your tracks while browsing and that's the main use but I've really gotten into the habit of using it for other things. For example, I often need to work with multiple email…

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