I have never put up public images of myself because you never know what will happen to them. But I hate that every time I open a new Firefox window, the page shows a snapshot of a bunch of sites that I use on a regular basis. I don't mind seeing Google or even Wikipedia, but I hate that two, count 'em, TWO Susan's Place snaps show up, with my avatar and my screen name clearly visible.
This means that if someone visits me who doesn't know I'm trans, I can't just close my Susan's tab and be done with it. If that person ever wants me to look up something on Wikipedia or Yahoo Movies or whatever--or wants to do it himself--I will be outed by my own computer in my own home. Jeez, what if I had a bunch of porn sites popping up, or something? Any casual visitor would see what I've been up to lately. Even a good friend who knows about me would be able to see my screen name. Really? We really need this?
All of this stuff is linked to my IP, of course. I'm uncomfortable enough with that. But to have a TRANS TRANS TRANS moment every time I open a new tab...I don't need that for myself, and I don't want visitors to see that stuff, even if I'm already out to them.
Also, I'm taking my computer in to be serviced today, and I'm extremely uncomfortable knowing that these little snaps could out me to the computer guys.
Is there any way to turn it off or opt out?