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<p>I feel like these survey results leave me a bit confused. The PDF
lists two of the top three misconceptions as "[users] believe that
Private Browsing 'prevents X from tracking me'". It then goes on
to say "Private Browsing mode only prevents your browser history
from being recorded on your computer and does not offer any
additional protection such as preventing the websites you visit
from collecting your information".</p>
<p>Any while I cannot speak to the private browsing features in
other browsers, Firefox's says "With Tracking Protection Firefox
will block many trackers that can collect information about your
browsing behavior".</p>
<p>These statements seem completely contradictory. Is DuckDuckGo's
statement regarding what Private Browsing does incorrect when
applied to Firefox?</p>
<p>-bytesized<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/3/2017 8:58 AM, Ehsan Akhgari
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<div>DockDockGo has performed a survey[1] in the US with
results that are quite unsettling. Around 75% of the
surveyed people can't correctly identify the privacy
benefits it provides and 66% *overestimate* the benefits.
This is terrible, as it may potentially lead to people's
privacy being compromised while they think they are
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We have always had some wording around what private browsing
is and is not in <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="about:privatebrowsing">about:privatebrowsing</a> and other browsers
have shown similar text in their UI, and clearly this isn't
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What else can be done about this? I think this can use some
UX thought...<br>
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PS. The other interesting thing in the survey was 84% of the
people being surveyed said they would consider switching to
another major browser if it provided more privacy features,
followed by a pitch about 83% of the people saying they would
consider trying another browser if it offered a private browsing
mode that uses a search engine that didn't track your searches.
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[1] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://duckduckgo.com/download/Private_Browsing.pdf">https://duckduckgo.com/download/Private_Browsing.pdf</a><br>
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<div>Cheers,<br>
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