Question : Fire Fox Portable - leave traces on host pc?

Hi experts,

I am currently looking into encrypted usb drives. Ive came across the Kangaroo Defender which is hardware encrypted. (Thanks to another expert) My question is , if I install Fire Fox Portable on this USB drive, will my passwords, cookies etc be left behind on the host computer ?

Thank you

Matt

Answer : Fire Fox Portable - leave traces on host pc?

No. That is the point of a portable application. It does not use the hard drive/file system of the host operating system.

Some of your data may, however, remain in the RAM/memory of the host system until it is overwritten, or the system rebooted. A capable hacker could possibly extract them, if he knew what to look for in all the gigabytes of garbage.

I should say you are pretty safe with your portable browser on a USB stick in all normal cases and environments, but if the owner of a host system is a) your enemy or b) a very capable hacker or both, and c) you have some really classified top-secret stuff to protect, then don't use that host system for maximum protection.
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