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Important Difference Between Private Browsing and Going to Site Links Within That Private Search?

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So you are in private mode for a search. Within the search hits, you find a link you want to visit, so you click on it. Will you remain in "private" mode while at the linked site? Or do you lose the "private" as soon as you leave the search window ... ???

So you are in private mode for a search. Within the search hits, you find a link you want to visit, so you click on it. Will you remain in "private" mode while at the linked site? Or do you lose the "private" as soon as you leave the search window ... ???

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Not replying to myself, but realized AFTER posting (naturally) what a misleading Subject I entered, and can't find how to edit my Subject. So here's the fix: Replace "Browsing" with "Searching", and you'll have the Subject I intended. Sincerely sorry about that ...

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If you open a Private Browsing mode window then all links you open in this window are also PB mode links.