Firefox privacy mode has been Released. The Latest Firefox 3.1 nightlies now feature a Private Browsing mode, where all user activity traces including history, cache, download history, saved passwords, searches, cookies are removed as soon as the user returns to normal browsing mode.

What does this mode do?

The new feature in other words is known as porn mode. When toggled it takes your web history, user names, passwords, searches and cookies and bins them the second you close out the window, effectively making it appear that the session never existed.

So now you can be sure of your browsing habbits are secure and this gives you freedom to hide your browsing habits from others.

The feature has been on Firefox’s road map for some time now, however it could not be completed in time for Firefox 3’s release back in mid-June. In the meantime users have been able to achieve similar results using several extensions–the most notable being Stealther.

Firefox user experience designer, Alex Faaborg, has shared other plans to improve privacy in Firefox that include a complete Privacy options redesign, and an option for clearing private data for a certain time frame.

But these and a better cue that Firefox is in private mode may not come until the next Firefox release (probably Firefox 3.2).

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