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Why Many Don't Upgrade Their Firefox: Porn Collections

by Warren Riddle on August 28, 2009 at 04:31 PM

Even though Firefox 3.0 set a Guinness World Record back in 2008 for the most downloads in a 24-hour period, there were, apparently, still people hesitant to upgrade from the previous version. According to Download Squad, Firefox personnel have been sending questionnaires to users who declined to make the switch in order to figure out why.

Results revealed that people who stuck with 2.0 did so for one primary reason -- to keep their Web activities private and hidden. The upgraded 3.0 version included a text-match feature, which automatically brought up corresponding bookmarked sites as a user entered letters into the address bar.

The problem, particularly for those who need to operate under a cloud of secrecy, is that if someone wanted to access a particular site in front of a boss or coworker and typed "C" in the address bar then, for example, a bookmarked Craigslist 'Erotic Services' listing could automatically appear.

The auto-match feature can be circumvented, as demonstrated by Labnol, or you could upgrade to version 3.5 which allows for private browsing. (Just make sure to frequently install the security upgrades.) Or you could, of course, just quit browsing all those sexy sites at work. [From: Download Squad]

Tags: browser, cookies, firefox, firefox 2, firefox 3, Firefox2, Firefox3, porn, privacy, top

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