IE8's InPrivateBrowsing Feature Announced

[chris4404]

SEATTLE (AP) -- The next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Web browser makes it easier for people to surf the Internet without leaving a trace.


Microsoft's latest version of Internet Explorer allows users to search the Web 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.

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[Orac]

at last, may be we will see an increase of security along with it

[WiCKeD]

How does not having a cookie stored locally keep them from collecting information on you?

[Sakesaru]

Wouldn't increase security at all...

This feature is geared toward situations where say, a friend comes over, and he wants to check his email. He could log into gmail without leaving his own login cookies behind, and without wiping your autologin cookies.

This feature was supposed to be introduced with FF3, but got shunted back because it involves reworked a lot of code. Looks like IE may get it first then. May get it first. Probably not, given the way M$ are. Wish they'd listen to what their users want, rather then just playing catch up & copy with FF/Opera all the time....

[ythe1300]

Isn't this already available in Safari.... for like the past 3 years...

[rupchurc]

This is clearly just so the wife doesnt catch you looking at porn....

[Orac]

what ever the reason its gotta be an improvement, and your best bet for viewing that sort of stuff is to run VM of linux and she most likley wont have a clue how to start it let alone find you net history on it (i know my GF wouoldn't - now if only i could that VM to run on my machine)

[rupchurc]

Originally Posted by Orac

what ever the reason its gotta be an improvement, and your best bet for viewing that sort of stuff is to run VM of linux and she most likley wont have a clue how to start it let alone find you net history on it (i know my GF wouoldn't - now if only i could that VM to run on my machine)

haha, well if you want to be serious I here firefox mobile on a thumb drive is the winner.

[Anaema]

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/mic...wser,6306.html

This new "feature" may not be such a good thing.

[siegen]

Originally Posted by Sakesaru

This feature is geared toward situations where say, a friend comes over, and he wants to check his email. He could log into gmail without leaving his own login cookies behind, and without wiping your autologin cookies.

+1.

That and porn. But nobody here looks at porn, right?

Originally Posted by Anaema

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/mic...wser,6306.html

This new "feature" may not be such a good thing.

Google Chrome has the feature as well ("Incognito"), and is probably better at memory management than IE.