Microsoft IE8 Privacy Features

On August 25,2008 Microsoft has described some of the privacy features that may come with IE8. IE8 new privacy features help users to control their privacy in a better manner and this makes end uses life really easy to manage and delete information while their web browsing. Microsoft has introduced total four InPrivate™ Browsing, Delete Browsing History, InPrivate™ Blocking and InPrivate Subscriptions. Now let’s have a closer look to all these features.

InPrivate Bfowsing: InPrivate Browsing is very useful when IE8 users accessing Internet from public places. A users launches a new InPrivate browsing window to go online.

While InPrivate Browsing is active, the following takes place:

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

InPrivate IE8 Privacy feature

Delete Browsing History: Another new feature that has been added in IE8 is the way in which IE8 delete browsing history. Previous version delete all browsing history including cookies and other useful information that a user may not willing to delete including cookies and preferences. IE8 solves this problem by adding an option that lets you keep cookies and temporary Internet files from websites saved in your Favorites list. To avoid having your favorite sites “forget you”, simply add them to your Favorites, and make sure the “Preserve Favorites Website data” checkbox is selected. IE will preserve any cookies or cache files that were created by websites in your favorites.

Delete Browsing History

InPrivate Blocking: InPrivate features keep track of information about third party content providers that collect your browsing information and provide to other Websites. IE8 automatically block providers who have collected information about a user on more than 10 sites. Users can also choose which content they block or allow, and learn more about third-party content.

Microsoft Said

Microsoft also hopes to help users better control the type of information that Web sites might share about them with third parties. Companies that provide content to Web sites often collect information about people who visit those sites, but end users sometimes don’t know the information is being collected.If the content provider supplies content to multiple sites, it can compile valuable browsing information about users who visit those sites

Thanks to CIO

InPrivate Blocking

InPrivate Subscriptions: InPrivate Subscriptions are simply RSS feeds of Regular Expressions that specify sub-downloads to block or allow. Anyone can publish an InPrivate Subscription on their website, just as they can offer an Accelerator or Web Slice on their website.

InPrivate Blocking Subscription