Mozilla backtracking on private window changes after uproar
Firefox remains the browser of choice for many, but the latest update has lost users' tabs and makes it much more apparent when they have private tabs open, missing the point of privacy.appeared on June 11 with a modest list of changes – automatically reloading the browser when the OS reboots, closing duplicate tabs, and requiring more authentication to access stored passwords. A change Mozilla didn't mention in the release notes has users complaining online, though.
In version 127, this option has gone away, removed inIf you have a master password configured, the browser asks for it when it restarts. It seems that dialog box may not come to the front, and if the user misses it,, users of Firefox on Apple iOS are finding that if you have both a main and private Firefox instances open, when the main one is closed, all the tabs in the private instance are closed too. The option to open in Private Browsing mode by default has gone as well.
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