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		scared_together 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Comet AI browser can get prompt injected from any ... I thought that incognito mode in Chrome[0] and private mode in Firefox[1] already disables extensions by default. [0] https://support.google.com/chrome_webstore/answer/2664769?hl... [1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/extensions-private-brow...

jraph 4 months ago | [–]

Absolutely, except for extensions you explicitly want to have in private mode, which is opt-in.

chrisjj 3 months ago | | [–]

So? Extensions are opt-in in regular mode too.

jraph 3 months ago | | | [–]

I'm agreeing with my parent comment, to which I'm adding some precision.

dolmen 3 months ago | [–]

private/incognito mode doesn't protect against XSS.

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