persistent private browsing ?

persistent private browsing ?

Erez D erez0001 at gmail.com
Tue Nov 17 12:52:13 IST 2015


On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Rabin Yasharzadehe <rabin at rabin.io> wrote:

> That's right, Incognito/Privet Browsing mode share the same session.
> this is why you need to create a new profile for each case.
>
> Chrome & Firefox can be configure to run with pre-installed addons,
> but you may need to configure them if needed.
> but there some extension which allow you to export there settings (so
> maybe you can automate the import ?).
>
do you know which ?

>
> --
> Rabin
>
> On 17 November 2015 at 11:19, Erez D <erez0001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> you are correct
>>
>> however, it is  needed to re-configire each and every profile - plugins,
>> master password etc
>>
>> would be nice to have different profiles with some common settings, on
>> different tabs on same window ...
>>
>> btw, i found that even 'private browsing' is not so private as if you
>> open multiple tabs or windows of private browsing, they all share the same
>> cookies.
>> the only thing different about private browsing is that the cookies are
>> deleted when all the private browsing sessions end.
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 5:53 PM, E.S. Rosenberg <esr at g.jct.ac.il> wrote:
>>
>>> If I'm not mistaken you should be able to accomplish this by starting
>>> Firefox with a different profile.... (firefox -P or firefox --profile)
>>>
>>> 2015-11-15 10:36 GMT+02:00 Efraim Flashner <efraim at flashner.co.il>:
>>> > I'm using privacy badger to block the following aspects of the
>>> different ads, including facebook. Doesn't sandbox them, but does keep them
>>> all from following me around the web.  I'm also using privoxy with tor to
>>> pass my browser traffic through tor, but that's not really going to make a
>>> difference in relation to your question.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 10:26:18 +0200
>>> > Rabin Yasharzadehe <rabin at rabin.io> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I'm using chrome and launch it with a new DATADIR each time. (see here
>>> >> <
>>> http://blog.rabin.io/linux/start-chrome-temp-profile-with-preinstalled-extension
>>> >
>>> >> )
>>> >> useful for sites which need flash.
>>> >>
>>> >> I was having problems downloading the CRX files so now i just point
>>> them
>>> >> directly in the config file
>>> >> and each new Chrome run will download them.
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Rabin
>>> >>
>>> >> On 15 November 2015 at 10:18, Erez D <erez0001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> > Hello
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Today browsers support Private Browsing mode (e.g. sandbox) .
>>> however,
>>> >> > when i close that window, all it's data is lost, next time i will
>>> again
>>> >> > need to supply my login, password, etc
>>> >> >
>>> >> > What i want, is a way to sandbox a site (e.g. facebook), and reopen
>>> it
>>> >> > tomorrow in the same sandbox. i.e. when i am going to a web page
>>> not from
>>> >> > that sandbox, if that web page includes pages from facebook, it
>>> will not be
>>> >> > able to track my facebook identity as i login to facebook only from
>>> the
>>> >> > sandbox.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > the only way i can do it right now is by accessing facebook from a
>>> >> > different browser than the rest of the pages.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > however there are many websites (facebook, google twiter etc.) and
>>> i do
>>> >> > not have so many browsers
>>> >> >
>>> >> > is there a way to open a private browsing page, and be able to
>>> access it
>>> >> > again after reopening the browser ?
>>> >> >
>>> >
>>> > --
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