Monday, May 11, 2009

Don’t leave a trace while Private Browsing

A major feature was added to the pre-versions of IE 8.0 Beta and Firefox 3.1 called Private Browsing. As you know while browse the web, your browser will record all the data which will be later be used to improve the browser expirence,for example if you visit your history in your browser, you can view the browse history, so that later if you need help remembering a site you visited a while back it can assist you.

Finding the site. That is a good job, but it have a downside, this can be used to trace your online activity, like if another person’s uses your computer they can trace your online activity, which may not be you want. If you don’t want others to trace your online activity, one option is that you can clear the history, cookies, cache etc., But the problem is that this action will also remove the parts of your online activities data which you don't want to hide, so the history that browser records can no longer be used to find a web site you had visited a month before. Private Browsing will help you here.

Private browsing will help you to make sure that it will not leave any trace of your browsing in your computer. This is not a tool .Private Browsing is only about making sure that browser doesn't store any data which can be used to trace your online activities, no more, no less.

How can you use this feature?

IE 8.0 Beta:

1.Go to top menu of your browser

2.select => Tools =>InPrivate Browsing

3.or Press Ctrl+Shift+P


Firefox 3.1:

1.Go to top menu of your browser

2.select => Tools =>Private Browsing

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