{"id":807,"date":"2023-11-22T17:07:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T16:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betterweb.qwant.com\/2023\/11\/22\/lets-decipher-private-browsing\/"},"modified":"2023-11-23T10:44:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T09:44:00","slug":"lets-decipher-private-browsing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betterweb.qwant.com\/en\/2023\/11\/22\/lets-decipher-private-browsing\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s decipher: private browsing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/betterweb.qwant.com\/en\/2023\/11\/22\/lets-decipher-private-browsing\/\">the barometer The French and their online p<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/betterweb.qwant.com\/en\/2023\/01\/27\/the-french-and-their-online-privacy-datas\/\">rivacy<\/a>, carried out by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qwant.com\/?utm_campagin=general&amp;utm_source=betterwen&amp;utm_time=all_time_art\">Qwant<\/a>, Proton, Olvid and Murena in January 2023, 25% of French people activate private browsing when browsing the web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So private browsing = confidential browsing or not? We answer that question!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Private browsing is a feature available on browsers that allows browsing without browsing data like history or cookies being kept on your device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With private browsing, once you log out, neither your browsing history nor cookies are saved. This browsing mode is designed to prevent data and history from being associated with future logons. Please note that this does not prevent websites from placing cookies on your device. So, this is a first step before moving on to the tracker blocker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Misconception: private browsing does not prevent the Internet Service Provider from tracking websites visited or by your company&#8217;s computer network. 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