Privacy mode in IE8 ?

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Growing Little Guru
August 20, 2008 10:31 AM PDT
Microsoft planning IE privacy mode

Posted by Stephen Shankland 11 comments
For many, privacy on the Web is a concern. And for Microsoft's Internet Explorer team, privacy is a feature.
In a meeting with reporters this week, Satya Nadella, senior vice president of Microsoft's search, portal and advertising platform group, said the company's browser will come with a private browsing mode. And Long Zheng of the istartedsomething blog surfaced two telling Microsoft trademarks that appear related: Cleartracks and Inprivate.
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Satya Nadella, senior vice president of Microsoft's search, portal and advertising platform group
(Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET News)
Both trademarks are involved with Web browsers, according to the applications with a July 30 filing date. The Cleartracks trademark involves "computer programs for deleting search history after accessing Web sites," according to the Microsoft filing. And the Inprivate trademark involves "computer programs for disabling the history and file caching features of a Web browser; and computer software for notifying a user of a Web browser when others are tracking Web use and for controlling the information others can access about such use."
One obvious use case for privacy browsing modes is surfing the Net for pornographic materials without leaving traces, but other, less unseemly use cases also exist. "Users may wish to begin a private browsing session to research a medical condition, or plan a surprise vacation or birthday party for a loved one," according to Mozilla's discussion of a private browsing feature.
 
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http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/20...ringing-awareness-to-third-party-content.aspx

When you browse to a first-party site, you know that it can collect information about how you use the site. What many users don’t realize is that technically, third-party sites can collect information about users as well. Users aren’t typically well-informed about which third-party sites are collecting what information, how the sites use this information today, or how the sites could use the information in the future.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10025111-83.html?tag=nl.e703

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As CNET News first reported last week, Internet Explorer 8 will include a way to surf somewhat anonymously, allowing the user to suspend browsing history, cookies, and other identifying information. Mozilla had considered such a feature for its Firefox 3 release, but dropped it for technical reasons.Apple Safari also includes a similar feature.
Known as InPrivate, Microsoft is touting the feature as one of several security enhancements within its next major browser release. The scenarios for using InPrivate include when you're using someone else's computer, when you need to buy a gift for a loved one without ruining the surprise, or when you're at an Internet kiosk and don't want the next person to know which Web site you visited. While you can currently clear the browser cache with a mouse click, it's an all-or-nothing action. InPrivate temporarily suspends the automatic caching functions, allowing you to keep the rest of your browsing history intact.
ZDNet columnist Mary Jo Foley calls InPrivate IE's "porn mode."
The IE development team at Microsoft has more details about InPrivate here. They've even produced a video.
InPrivate will be available in IE8 Beta 2, which is expected to be released sometime before the end of the month. Final release for the browser remains scheduled for November.
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November. Hopefully without bugs.
 
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Growing Little Guru
Hmmm... Could not wait and downloaded IE8.:eek

Works well so far.
Privacy mode: No trace is left about my browsing.
Cookies,history,temporary files,etc. all gone.

Easy to browse with it. No problems with websites.
Except whirlpool... Parts of it are becoming purple...

Cannot use Google's toolbar,it's still incompatible for some reason.
 
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