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[–] Rediphile@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I don't believe it was ever called 'private mode', or am I wrong on this?

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Private Browsing, for browsing private parts.

[–] Buck@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)
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[–] GhostMatter@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] FoxBJK@midwest.social 7 points 8 months ago

Safari and Brave also both call it a private window

[–] T156@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Internet Explorer also called it "InPrivate".

[–] Octopus1348@lemy.lol 1 points 8 months ago

And Edge still does.

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[–] red@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

private browsing term appears in desktop and Android. Apple also uses the term.

[–] Octopus1348@lemy.lol 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

On Firefox it's called Private mode, on Edge it's called InPrivate mode.