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Does a `Private tab` or similar name increase ones security when using online banking
horace_2
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Besides using anti virus programs etc does `in private` browsing increase ones security when performing online banking?
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Only locally, Private browsing just means the browser wont cache anything.
HTTPS websites for online banking should hopefully have a setting in the sites html that tells the browser that the https connection should only cache for a small time period, Cache-Control: max-age=60 for example will tell the browser to only cache for 1 minute
Private browsing overrides this and just doesn't cache at all0
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