Securing Firefox In A Public Computer
It is a common telltale amongst internet cafe users to avoid accessing e-commerce sites believing that they might expose personal data like credit card and email passwords. The fear of invasion of privacy and data theft is a reality most users face when stepping inside a public computer shop. This concern is a problem brought by cookies and auto saving of forms on most browsers that are insecure by default. Moreover, it is misconceived that just by using Firefox is enough to conclude that users are already SAFE without knowing that they are far from being safe not unless the safety settings are applied.
The question now is what are those safety settings we often fail to perceive?
The answers are just a few clicks away.
1. Open your Firefox browser
2. Under the Tools menu, go to Options…
3. Click the Privacy tab
4. Follow the instructions below
As you browse the web, Firefox keeps information about where you have been, what you have done etc. in the following areas.
History tab
Set to 0 days for Firefox to remember visited pages.
Saved Forms tab
Uncheck Save information, I enter in forms and the Search bars.
Passwords tab
Uncheck Remember Passwords
Download History tab
Set Firefox to remove files from the download manager when Firefox exits.
Cookies tab
Set Firefox to keep cookies until I close Firefox.
Then we use the Clear Private Data tool to clear all of the data left behind after using Firefox.
Click the Settings… button and select the following items to be cleared when closing Firefox.
Browsing History
Saved Form Information
Download History
Cookies
Cache
Authenticated Sessions
Check clear private data when closing Firefox.
Uncheck Ask me before clearing private data.
Click Ok to save your new settings
