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Users of anonymous browsing mode would be concerned about tracking from Internet sites under various circumstances, and may or may not be concerned about local records on their computer's disk. | Users of anonymous browsing mode would be concerned about tracking from Internet sites under various circumstances, and may or may not be concerned about local records on their computer's disk. Public awareness of the privacy issues surrounding using the web is rising, as evidenced by the popularity of privacy-enhancing addons and the private browsing modes of the major browsers. Providing a mode that helps to mitigate ubiquitous web tracking may be a differentiator against competing browsers. | ||
The target users of this mode may have a number of different browsing behaviours and needs. It is best to represent these behaviours as "stories", to better understand the needs of different types of users, and to properly design feature and option choices to accommodate them. | |||
== The Medical Patient/Abuse Victim == | == The Medical Patient/Abuse Victim == | ||
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== The Paranoid == | == The Paranoid == | ||
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. | |||
The paranoid wants to avoid most of their activity being recorded by ad networks and services. They are suspicious of Facebook, social media sites, and tend not to be logged in to any services continuously. They are the types that currently disable javascript and/or run NoScript, BetterPrivacy, RequestPolicy, Adblock Plus, CookieCuller, and other addons to improve their privacy online. These are some of the most popular Firefox addons on addons.mozilla.org. | The paranoid wants to avoid most of their activity being recorded by ad networks and services. They are suspicious of Facebook, social media sites, and tend not to be logged in to any services continuously. They are the types that currently disable javascript and/or run NoScript, BetterPrivacy, RequestPolicy, Adblock Plus, CookieCuller, and other addons to improve their privacy online. These are some of the most popular Firefox addons on addons.mozilla.org. | ||