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Firefox portable

jens16
jens16
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Hi,

i have laptop only for work and business use. We are not allowed to install firefox.

My question is: if i run firefox portable from my usb stick can this see anyone? or firefox don't leave anything on my pc?

Hi, i have laptop only for work and business use. We are not allowed to install firefox. My question is: if i run firefox portable from my usb stick can this see anyone? or firefox don't leave anything on my pc?

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Firefox Portable is a 3rd party version. Support is over here:
http://portableapps.com/forums/support/firefox_portable

See item #4.
http://portableapps.com/forums/support/firefox_portable/faq

That said, Firefox Portable installs nothing on the PC it is plugged into, but if you would use it on your employers network "they" can read the user agent of FP - so, yes "they" would know that you are using Firefox.