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Is using a "clear browsing data on exit" option a good practice or just irrelevant annoyance? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by bashghost2600@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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That question came up to me, when recently working on one project I needed to restart my PC several times. And therefore, while I used 3-5 web apps I needed to log back in to each one of them again, after each restart. And I started wondering if privacy-wise that auto-clear feature is worth it or not? Has anyone maybe tested that?

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[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I have 3 browsers.

One is my main browser Librewolf, I have a rule when using it: Never sign in anywhere and when I close it all data gets shredded.

Next is ungoogeld Chromium, which I use for shopping and sites where I need to log in. I have some sites cookies whitelisted so they don't get deleted.

Third is currently Brave for banking. I don't fo anything else with this browser. In the past I was using Firefox, but one of my credit cards has issues with it and won't let me download statements.

[–] Novocirab@feddit.org 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You may want to start using Tor especially for your current Librewolf use case. Compare fingerprinting

[–] dieTasse@feddit.org 1 points 11 hours ago

Or mullvad browser to blend in with the crowd