Advice Request What is your position on allowing extensions to run in Private mode?

[RXZ6Q]

Do you actually allow to run any of your standard browser extension to run in incognito/private mode, too? Is so, why and which extensions are that ?

 

[enaph]

In general you shouldn't allow any of them because some extensions may actively track your activity and record some data related to your online behavior.
Personally I never allow any extensions to run in private mode.

 

[SpiderWeb]

Only let uBlock Origin and HTTPS Everywhere run in private/incognito mode because they are heavily peer reviewed.

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

I allow AdGuard in private mode but only because I use different profiles for different tasks and only main profile use extensions

 

[Arequire]

I allow uBlock Origin in incognito. With Chrome lack of built-in ad/tracker blocker I figure I'm more at risk from malvertising than uBO going rogue.

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

I allow uBlock Origin in incognito. With Chrome lack of built-in ad/tracker blocker I figure I'm more at risk from malvertising than uBO going rogue.

Only if you don't use any other malware protections like DNS filtering, browser internal protections, system internal protections, ..

Don't know why people think they're at risk because of none adblocker. Nowadays browser are very secured

 

[Arequire]

Only if you don't use any other malware protections like DNS filtering, browser internal protections, system internal protections, ..

Don't know why people think they're at risk because of none adblocker. Nowadays browser are very secured

It's a case of prevention over cure. I'd rather thwart malvertising altogether by not being able to connect to potentially compromised ad networks than allow the connections and hope that the browser/system can deal with any infection that arises.

 

[Deletedmessiah]

I allow ublock origin, dark reader and bitwarden in private mode.

 

[Cortex]

I don't use private mode, though the less extensions you have the less there are to potentially track you?

 

[FireHammer]

Hey I let some of my extensions run in private/incognito mode.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

I never use private mode.

 

[Ink]

Disallow.