Microsoft indicated that Internet Explorer 8, the new and unreleased version of the popular browser, will include new privacy features that will allow users to hide their tracks while surfing the Web.
The announcement has been made with a post to IEBlog, the official blog of Internet Explorer.
The privacy will be granted by “InPrivate”, a new technology created my Microsoft. When activated, this function will make all tracks (cookies, history, etc) volatile; the IEBlog specify that:
- New cookies are not stored
- All new cookies become “session” cookies
- Existing cookies can still be read
- The new DOM storage feature behaves the same way
- New history entries will not be recorded
- New temporary Internet files will be deleted after the Private Browsing window is closed
- Form data is not stored
- Passwords are not stored
- Addresses typed into the address bar are not stored
- Queries entered into the search box are not stored
- Visited links will not be stored
Internet Explorer 8 is currently in beta testing and it is expected to be available close to the end of this year.
Links
Microsoft Internet Explorer: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/download-ie.aspx;
Microsoft’s announcement: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/08/25/ie8-and-privacy.aspx.
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