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[–] [email protected] 95 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I share screen without private browsing and I'm not living dangerously. That's because I don't browse weird stuff on that device.

I have another device for that.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

the "private device"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or people can also install other browsers for other purposes...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Or even easiest of all, just use another browser profile for work. Hell, the boss told me to set that up day one.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Y'all using your work computers for stuff other than work? That's the real danger

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, like, what the fuck? Why on earth would anyone do that? Do they not own a phone?

Browser history is the most minor part. You should assume that your work sees everything you do to at least some degree. They may have full access to everything on your computer and private browsing won't do anything against that. It's also common that work computers would use a work owned VPN, so they'll at least know what sites you're visiting. HTTPS prevents knowing exactly what you're doing, but a VPN provider will know what IPs you're connecting too and thus will have a high level of what you're doing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Also, DNS requests aren't typically encrypted, so they'll know the domains you're visiting without having to go through IPs.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Because I convinced my work to get me a linux laptop on the condition I would not get any IT support.

I don't abuse the privilege, but I can at least check my bank account without the man-in-the-middle TLS spyware or remote monitoring software.

I can't access anything on the corporate network because I don't have the root certs. Everything is in the cloud now so I'm not really missing much.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

“Oh no no no you don’t understand! @ThiccShake is my little brother’s account… he uses my PC sometimes play Minecraft. 😅 I’m @GoodWholesomeSFWMemes!”

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

It's not like I use it by choice 😭

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Port locations? I feel like I'm missing something here

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Start typing por into your browser

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Got that, but still confused. Private tabs in chrome and Firefox do use all the recommendations and history from normal mode in the bar of search or address or whatever we call it now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah it’s a Safari thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Firefox browser profiles to the rescue!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Private browsing still shows suggestions from your normal history...

The only porn you avoid is the porn you view while screen sharing from showing up in your history.