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Re:Privacy online just got easier with today’s Firefox release by perlgeek on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @12:29PM (#33249958)
I've long wondered why there wasn't a command-line option to open an URL in a new, private window. Hope this comes with this new desktop button.
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Re:Privacy online just got easier with today’s Firefox release by coldpie on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @12:45PM (#33250251)
The following worked for me on macOS. Found it at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/CommandLineOptions

    firefox -private-window https://google.com/
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Re:Privacy online just got easier with today’s Firefox release by bhearsum2 on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @01:41PM (#33251137)
This should work, and has been there a very long time!
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Re:Privacy online just got easier with today’s Firefox release by perlgeek on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @05:11PM (#33254040)
You are right, it does. Somehow I tested it some years ago and for some reason it didn't work back then, or I was stupid in the past. Thanks!
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