Which statement about private browsing is accurate?

Which statement about private browsing is accurate?

• A. In private browsing, local history and cookies are not stored on the device, but your IP address is still visible to sites.
• B. Private browsing hides your IP address from sites.
• C. Private browsing encrypts all traffic end-to-end.
• D. Private browsing blocks all tracking by websites.

Answer: (A)

Private browsing mainly affects what the browser keeps on your device. It doesn’t save your history, cookies, or other site data after you close the window, so there won’t be a local record of the pages you visited or the cookies left by sites. But your IP address isn’t hidden in this mode—you still connect to sites through the same network, so the sites can see your IP. It also doesn’t magically encrypt all traffic beyond the normal TLS used by websites, and it doesn’t block all tracking by sites. So the accurate point is that local history and cookies aren’t stored on the device, but your IP address is still visible to sites.

Private browsing mainly affects what the browser keeps on your device. It doesn’t save your history, cookies, or other site data after you close the window, so there won’t be a local record of the pages you visited or the cookies left by sites. But your IP address isn’t hidden in this mode—you still connect to sites through the same network, so the sites can see your IP. It also doesn’t magically encrypt all traffic beyond the normal TLS used by websites, and it doesn’t block all tracking by sites. So the accurate point is that local history and cookies aren’t stored on the device, but your IP address is still visible to sites.