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do app tabs in 4.0 allow a website to continuously access my browser?

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Tom1947
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For example, if I keep my bank website in an app tab, does that mean that my browser still is open if I have an app tab (even after closing the active tab for that website)?

Also, does closing an active tab (just a regular one, not an app tab) have the same effect as closing the browser with respect to security? There are several sites, after I log out, that recommend closing my browser for security purposes. Does closing the tab do the same thing (even if I keep my browser open for other surfing)?

For example, if I keep my bank website in an app tab, does that mean that my browser still is open if I have an app tab (even after closing the active tab for that website)? Also, does closing an active tab (just a regular one, not an app tab) have the same effect as closing the browser with respect to security? There are several sites, after I log out, that recommend closing my browser for security purposes. Does closing the tab do the same thing (even if I keep my browser open for other surfing)?

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cor-el
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You need to close and restart Firefox if you want to remove session cookies. Closing active tabs is not enough. If you keep pages open in App Tabs then Firefox 4 saves cookies as part of session data and that data is being restored on a next start.

You can set the pref browser.sessionstore.privacy_level to 2 (never) or 1 (non-HTTPS, default in Firefox 3 versions) on the about:config page to disable saving cookies via session restore.