@greybeard It tends to amaze me how badly some people seem to misunderstand this concept. Mind you, i honestly feel that browser marketers don't do the cause any good by choosing wilfully ambiguous names like "Private" or "Incognito" mode ... for the type of user disinclined to actually read fine-print nor otherwise investigate for themselves, such ambiguity is dangerous.
Iirc in V over the years the forum has seen many discussions on just this point.
@fjc1029 I had similar thoughts! Also - I really just don't see what the point of this service is.
If it's to strip trackers from your messages, then your browser's adblocker already does this. If you use a mail client, then the default "don't show remote content" setting already does this. And if you're extra-cautious, your Pi-Hole or hosts file already does this.
If it's to protect your "real" e-mail address to reduce spam, so services don't know your real address, then 10minutemail et al already do this for "one-off" sign-ups, and your mail service's "alias" settings (e.g. yourname+insertrandomtexthere@yourdomain) already does this for repeat messages and mailing-lists.
I also resent any service that mandates the use and installation of apps to use it, and generally avoid such services. Provide a web page for a web browser! Even when I bothered with Android devices, I didn't want to bog it down with app after app I would only occasionally use, or use once. There doesn't have to be an app for everything.
Thanks, Pathduck for coming up.
I have never heard the term "security theatre" being used, and I am happy to read about it. In fact, I have bookmarked the term from your link. You hear about people, places and events full of "flash" "hot-air" - a society being reactionary. No one never thought of putting up a rail near a precipice, until someone fell in, until someone gets hurt.
It does not happen in Google Chrome, and I hope Vivaldi takes that message off in later updates.
@stardepp , nor do I, I use my mobile for the same thing I have always used, apart from a photo or a Candy Crush, to call and receive calls. I don't even use WhatsApp or other chat. Ok, using Vivaldi sometimes for consulting this forum.
@darigar , currently Vivaldi has a good trackerblocker, also expandable with corresponding scripts. But apart I use the Trace extension that also protects against fingerprint and others, also the Site Bleacher that eliminates all the data of having visited a page (except those that are whitelisted), such as cache, cookies, serviceworkers and others. That is, the page was never visited.
I suppose the FF store also has these extensions, really recommended to improve privacy even more
@streptococcus Many Vivaldi users are interested in privacy, and many private search engines actually use bing or google, so brave search is an interest development that some Vivaldi forum users may want to try.
Yes, i am sure that it is absolutely desired function - to have an option "None". If there is an option "Day", "Week", "Last month" and "Everything", why not "None"?!
Extension that automatically delete History (every 10s) is a solution, BUT much better will be to have it native.
At these days of permanently attacked cyber security it is sort of important option.
Ok, i will create feature request.
