Nearly all major browsers have a private browsing setting. These exist to hide the browsing history from other users on the same computer. Many people think that private browsing or incognito mode will hide both their identity and browsing history from internet service providers, governments and advertisers. They don’t. These settings just clear the history on your system, which is helpful if you’re dealing with sensitive personal information on a shared or public computer. { -brand-name-firefox } goes beyond that.

几乎所有的主流浏览器都有隐私设置，它们的存在是为了向同一计算机上的其他用户隐藏浏览历史。许多人认为，隐私浏览或隐身模式可以对电信运营商、政府和广告商隐藏他们的身份。其 实 并 不 会。这些设置只是清除系统上的历史记录，若您要在共用或公用计算机上处理个人敏感信息，确实还是有点用的。但 { -brand-name-firefox } 可不止如此。