2 posts tagged with "browsers"

Type a URL, hit Enter, and a page appears. Between that keystroke and the first pixel sits a surprising amount of machinery — DNS, TCP, TLS, HTTP, load balancers, and the services behind them. This post walks the whole path, end to end.

Every browser ships with a "private" or "incognito" mode, and most people have a fuzzy sense that it's "the one that doesn't save history." That's true, but it undersells what's happening and oversells the privacy. Here's what actually changes when you open a private tab, and — just as important — what doesn't.