Why are privacy controls different when viewing anonymously?

Question

My fathers privacy is set to Public, when viewed after I sign on.

Yet when I use a different browser, where I am not signed in. His privacy is set to Private with Public Biography and Family Tree.

So why the difference

Answer 1

I'm not seeing a difference myself, and can't imagine what might cause such a thing.

Comments

Did you use a different browser and check it anonymously?

You probably shouldn't check out my profile, but check out your own.

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but check out your own.

That's  probably the key, When you are anonymous, you dont' have access to anything at all. 

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My own is yellow (private with bio and tree), whether logged on or off, regardless of browser. I can't set my own to green (open).

You were reporting a switch from green to yellow? But you can't have your own profile be green.

My own father's profile was set to yellow -- so I changed it to green just now, and checked it both logged on and off and used different browsers. It stays green.

I wonder if you are not actually checking the same different profiles by mistake?

edit: do I mean the same, or do I mean different? I guess it still means the same thing?