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I use a private window for banking/paypal , I don't trust the extensions or the other tabs so for this cases I get more security.

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That hardly helps. For true security devote a device purely to banking. Preferably a diskless device running an updated live CD on a security oriented distro with no rewritable storage attached connecting out over a VPN through an equally dedicated firewalled router. Then you're just left to worry about your bioses getting infected off an unpatched or 0d exploit.

He identified his threat model (other tabs + addons doing something shady) and made a security assessment based off of it.

You're here bullshitting that he needs "true security" like he's dealing with APTs trying to access his bank account. He's not. He's concerned about other tabs + addons, and private browsing mode is a solution with the slightest friction for his threat model.

Please, in the future, try making security assessments based on the actual threat model.

EDIT: "threat" instead of "thread".

This was pretty confusing to read until it came to my mind that "threat model" exists :)

If there were a big target on my back I would do that, but since I am running Linux, I am not a rich person or have an important job I assume that I will be attacked by regular malware and not skilled hackers.

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