Private Browsing - Comments Page 1

If you access the Web via a proxy server, doesn't (or can't) the proxy server also log all of your Web activity?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes, the same thing applies to anonymizers, circumventers and similar sites. All of your traffic is flowing through that server, and can be logged. Good point!

Ixquick Metasearch offers a private browsing experience, in that, it does all of the above, but now, also does not store your IP address.

Link: http://ixquick.com/eng/

You can also clear your browsing history in the latest copy of Firefox (Version 3.0.7) by going to Tools & then selecting Clear Private Data.

EDITOR'S NOTE: That works, but will clear ALL data for ALL sites. You probably don't want to lose all your cookies and form inputs. And does it also clear the cache?

Are the pages "privately" visited full operational, despite of "no cookies" mode??

EDITOR'S NOTE: If you refuse cookies, you will lose some functionality on some sites. Certainly sites that use cookies to customize your experience on future visits will be affected.

Two clicks and Opera gives you a clean dialog screen to choose which private data to delete (Tools/Delete Private Data).

EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes, but it deletes ALL data from ALL sites, right? Private browsing lets you block the logging for one (or selected) sites.

Internet comments on Browzar have been very negative.
e.g.,
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ANewPrivateBrowserIMeanBrowzarDoesNotWorkAsAdvertised.aspx

Any thoughts?
David

Bob, for years I have set my IE browser to 0 for the History. I learned a long time ago, that I really didn't need to have a History available and that way no one knows where I have been. Setting the History to 0 means that when you close your browser, nothing is logged.

This way, I can still keep my 'cookies' that I want for those sessions, that I frequent. I prefer to have 'control' over what happens on my computer. I use CCleaner to clean out my Internet travels, as well as other things that CCleaner does. What I like about all of this, is that I decide when to do what, not some program.

I also, only use my computer for home purposes, email, paying bills online, surfing the Internet and downloading purchased games or playing on one of my gaming communities. My PC is not a home office computer or a corporate computer. I think, that makes a big difference in how you approach this issue.

For a while I used ForceField from Zone Labs, but I think there were conflicts with other programs, and it seemed to slow everything down so much that I ditched it.

I have the Firefox portable app. Isn't that like private browsing?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes, it seems pretty much the same, since it runs in a sandbox environment. I think all the bookmarks, cookies, etc., disappear when you close the app, right?

Bob,
Yes the cookies and bookmarks all go away. The only cookies left are from my Explorer that I use on rare occasions.

How do I keep programs such as this off of my networked computers in the office.

EDITOR'S NOTE: You mean browsers?? That would be odd...

I want to know how to turn off the In-Private Browsing, I have other people here and I would like to know what they do on my computer.

EDITOR'S NOTE: If you have opened a tab or window in Private mode, just close the tab or window to turn off InPrivate browsing. If you want to prevent people from using it, Vista allows that. Inprivate Browsing cannot be enabled in a Standard user account with Parental Controls enabled for it.

Uhm, I use MSIE6.02, Bob. What's available for me by way of Private Browsing, besides nuttin'???

I switched from Google to ixquick (www.ixquick.com) because it does not record my IP address. First search engine to comply with strict EU laws and regulations on data security and privacy. I still use IE7 tools to delete my history, etc., files at the end of my sessions.

Thank you Bob for the information. I had a hard time searching for relevant info on private browsing. And I found whatever I was looking for here.

I was wondering if there is a way to further delete any type of internet browsing history on my computer other than the obvious way through internet options. I know that that is not the only way to delete them because my boyfriend found stuff that I had deleted haha. I was wondering what other step I can take to completley delete my browsing history and if you do not know, then maybe you can just tell me how my boyfriend found stuff that I deleted lol it was kind of embarassing haha. Ok well thank you. I have never seen this site before but I hope this works. Thanks!
Rachel

If i were to go on a website would the modem attached to my parents comp register my history if i was browsing in incognito mode for google chrome? Thanks

I have used Chrome Incognito a few times. A few weeks ago, I got a text messaage on my iPhone from one of the sites I had visited (several days before)telling me I had been selected for blahblah. How did they get my phone number? Since my cell number is nowhere on my computer - not even Facebook - I can only conclude that my phone was charging (USB) at the time of my visit, and my total machine was being looked at while I was browsing.
Thoughts?

I need help w private browsing using safari on iPad w yahoo... Have no toolbar- & can't get my email!

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