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Attention! Private Mode Browsing Is Not So Private

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August 14, 2010

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A study has found that the private browsing modes which are not supposed to log information on many browsers do actually leak out information on where users have visited. However, in many cases the compromise was as a result of additions (add-ons or plug-ins) to the browser or the use of extra security measures on certain Websites which can “completely undermine” the anonymity provided by private browsing.

The study, which is due to be presented at the Usenix Security conference in Washington, was led by Dan Boneh from Stanford University on private browsing modes of Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari and Chrome Internet browsers. It found that the private browsing mode was used more by users when visiting adult sites who may want to erase information such as cookies, history file entries and cached data that are usually logged during Web visits.

Talking Point

Do you ever use private modes when surfing the Internet?

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5 Comments

Larissa Riquelme

August 15, 2010 at 10:18 pm

Unfortunately or fortunately, there is no privacy on the Internet, but it is good to combat crime that it exists

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August 19, 2010 at 6:26 pm

Thank God that this is refill, people who are using private mode browsing we have to find another alternative.

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Danny

August 21, 2011 at 10:24 am

Don’t most people use private browsing so that other people using the computer will not see all the porn sites in the history?
Then this is not a big problem is it?

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Jim Olenbush

August 23, 2011 at 12:17 pm

Interesting post! Does this mean that if I erase anything in browser’s history, it can still be retrieved or viewed in any way? Quite confusing but the certain is, there’s no hidden in the internet. Let us be careful.

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miniclip

October 5, 2011 at 1:03 am

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