Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Microsoft to support anonymous browsing*

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:44:08 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

Microsoft officials have confirmed that the company is to introduce a way for users to surf the Web anonymously.

As part of the upcoming Internet Explorer 8 release, Microsoft is incorporating 'inPrivate' - a mode that will not record visits to the user's history and will not allow sites to place cookies on the user's system. Apple currently offers a similar service with its Safari browser. ...

There have also been questions raised over the helpfulness of the latest release, which could make it harder for police to track Internet users that are viewing harmful or illegal websites. ...

Obviously the new Internet Explorer will have pros and cons but my question to you is: Should the Internet be completely private or should our movements be traceable? (Full story)

This debate should be quite interesting. Although with Safari already supporting this feature, I guess the real concern about it now is that with IE, it'll be 'used' by the masses.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008 1:22:32 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Ah yes ... 'pron mode'. It's interesting how some people think that the rest of us must not be able to keep anything private to make it easier to catch criminals. What's the old saying ...

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve (and will receive) neither liberty nor safety."
Thursday, August 28, 2008 7:44:23 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Probably "essential liberty" should be defined? Also, maybe an author needs to be quoted here? :D

Point taken though, for sure.
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