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I wish somebody would develop a browser which would let me use facebook but automatically hide data from it.

Now, let me think... who in the world is a major browser manufacturer who would have an incentive to prevent facebook from being able to serve well-matched advertisements?

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It's called "request policy", it's a Firefox extension, and it does that and a whole lot more (although it does need a little configuration. And it will make you appreciate how much data random sites are giving about you to other sites who collect data)

Incognito mode?

Yes, I just want a streamlined incognito mode that (a) automatically activates when I look at facebook and (b) remembers my login credentials.

Actually you wouldn't need it to be specifically targeted at facebook, you could target it at any domain you like.

There are extensions that do the first part:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gedeaafllmnkkgbinf...

Remembering credentials can be done with something like 1Password.

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