Saturday, March 14, 2009

Internet Explorer 8, complete with "porn mode"

Microsoft is working on Internet Explorer 8, which will include some tools that were not in previous versions. One of the things they've "borrowed" from other browsers is an anonymized browsing experience - "InPrivate" mode - it will not store cookies, browsing data, and history, instead, those things will all disappear as soon as the browser is closed. Of course, this has led to people calling this "porn mode", because you know, this is either being used by paranoid people or people who are doing things wrong, right?

(well, no, I would love this on a public computer to prevent people from trying to get my passwords and private communications, but that's another story)

In addition, there are supposed to be other tools that add privacy protection. Of course, since Internet Explorer is still the default Windows browser, that will still be the one hackers go after first, but it is good that Microsoft is at least trying to make privacy a priority.

At the moment, it is still in "beta" - so it is still considered to be in testing. Once there is a final release, it will likely be pushed out as part of the Microsoft Updates, but for the moment, you can only getting it by downloading it yourself. It is, of course, free.

IE 8 Beta Download

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