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Microsoft Unveils "Porn-Mode"
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:26 pm
by wayfriend
This doesn't make sense, as browsers are the worlds chief suppliers of too much personal information. Then again, ISPs now provide identities behind each IP, so maybe this capacity is no longer necessary and MS is playing us for fools. Or maybe this is an attack on Google somehow ...
SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- The next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Web browser makes it easier for people to surf the Internet without leaving a trace.
Companies that sell advertisements online, including Microsoft, can electronically gather tidbits about Web surfers' habits and then use that information to help decide what kinds of ads to show.
However, in the newest "beta" test version of Microsoft's forthcoming Internet Explorer 8, which was made available Wednesday, a mode called InPrivateBrowsing lets users surf without having a list of sites they visit get stored on their computers.
The program also covers other footprints, including temporary Internet files and cookies, the small data files that Web sites put on visitors' computers to track their activities.
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:37 pm
by dlbpharmd
meh. Companies will just find a way around this.
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:44 pm
by Avatar
Companies won't have to I think. It won't affect their server logs. Just what's actually stored on your computer. You can wipe all that stuff with a small prog anyway. But if it travelled through their server, they have a record of it, even if you delete it manually from your personal machine.
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:39 pm
by [Syl]
Could it be that MS is implementing this in response to it being a feature of Google's new browser,
Chrome, which is in turn a feature of Safari, aptly named 'private browsing.'
I'll be testing out Chrome today. Won't be able to test out that feature until after work, though.
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:28 pm
by Avatar
Tell us how it goes...pretty sure I'm using firefox on your recommendation...
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:56 pm
by Lord Mhoram
Syl wrote:Could it be that MS is implementing this in response to it being a feature of Google's new browser,
Chrome, which is in turn a feature of Safari, aptly named 'private browsing.'
That's exactly what I was going to say.
And yeah, do tell us how it works. I'm thinking of downloading the Mac version when it comes out.