firefox contains numerous security
features designed to give you a safe
browsing experience it also allows you
to control your privacy settings and
your browsing history allowing you to
keep your personal information private
whenever you visit a website a security
indicator may appear to the left of the
web address in the address bar
understanding this indicator will help
you stay safe when entering personal
information online if you see a green
padlock the site is using a secure
connection always check for this icon
when entering sensitive information such
as a credit card number or your birth
date you can click on the padlock to
learn more about the secure connection
let's check a different site if you
don't see a green padlock click the site
information button to the left of the
web address to view the site's security
status if you see a grey globe the
website is not using a secure connection
this is not important for many web sites
such as news or weather but you should
avoid entering any sensitive information
on non secure pages some web sites may
track your activity across the internet
and the content blocking feature lets
you limit this tracking to view your
content blocking options click the gear
to go to the privacy and security
settings by default Firefox blocks
trackers only in private windows you can
choose to block trackers in all windows
or click custom to display even more
options every website you visit is
recorded in the browsing history but
there may be times you want to clear
that history to delete it scroll down to
history and then click clear history
click the drop down menu to choose a
time frame to erase ranging from the
past hour to all the websites you've
ever visited once you've made your
choice click clear now and your chosen
browsing record will be wiped away for
additional privacy you can use a private
browsing window your history will not be
recorded and any cookies will be deleted
when the private window is closed to
open one click the menu button
then select new private window you can
use this window just like normal you'll
know it's private thanks to the purple
mask icon in the top right corner keep
in mind that browsing privately does not
make anything more secure always be sure
to check for a secure connection before
entering sensitive information on any
site to end your private session simply
close the window and those are the
basics of privacy and security in
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