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Now thats more like it. Give us the individual users the power to control what browsing information is readily available on the computer. I think this is a great set of features especially in the post 9-11 era, where government is more prone to violate your privacy. (This more intrusive goverment is quite contrary to true conservative principles, ironically.) Its nice to be able to push back and tell intrusive government to go to hell.

This allows browsing a greater degree of privacy. It also allows you to surprise the girfriend or the misses when making gift purchases.

Is this the same as Safari's private browsing feature?

It's shocking that some of these features make it to IE as late as 2008.

@mum

Touche :D

Good old *** mode, now hopefully they will fix the third party cookie problems, and I'll be happy...

@Mum

I guess they can just leave them out, and then people will complain that they just don't care.

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There are a couple of free e-books from MS available if anyone is interested:

www.mobileread.com/.../showthread.php

Yeah I think this is the same feature as private browsing in safari. The only thing that I wonder is if it does anything to encrypt the information so that it can not be read if found in the drive. I tried this in safari and sure it deletes the history and cokies from your browser but the information was at one point in your hard drive. I was able to look at info from sites that i visited after using private browsing in safari by  recovering the deleted files. Now if they were encrypted then I will care about this feature. The explorer version does a few other things to protect you but if some one has access to your computer then they have you. So I don't think this will keep the government from looking at your porn.

why the hell would the government want to look at my, your, or anyone else's porn?

Are you ultra-paranoid, or has your government announced it's failure in finding adequate supplies of noody pictures to satisfy itself?

@gorath

Maybe DarkSages has really, really good porn.

DarkSages

I doubt it does encryption of content that it isn't planning on saving but if you want that you can use BitLocker or an equivalent to encrypt the drive.

Of course, the old security rule is that if somebody has physical access to the computer all bets are off anyway since now they have unlimited time and access but a drive encrypted with a modern algorithm like AES goes a long way.

(Then again, if you've got people from three letter government agencies going after your data, you probably aren't going to keep anything on your drive secret for long anyway. And, of course, you probably have bigger problems at that point.)

true, Mike, if three letter organisations (I love that description!) are investigating your machine, chances are you've done something silly, and, well, I have no sympathy.

@gorath: "why the hell would the government want to look at my, your, or anyone else's porn?"

Ask someone whose laptop was confiscated by Homeland Security for a "random inspection of electronic media" and kept for two weeks. Or the folks who have NEVER had their laptops returned to them and given no explanation whatsoever.

The TSA can search your laptop (or cell phone, or iPod, or whateverthefUUktheywant) without probable cause, confiscate it for whatever reason, and you have no recourse. NONE. To hell with the Fifth Amendment...it doesn't apply at the border. Seriously. Some country, huh?

And when new border rules go into effect in Canada, the Dudley Do-Rights there will be MANDATED to search your electronics for illegally downloaded music and ringtones. How will they tell? They'll be given the power to guess. No, I'm not making this up.

www.canada.com/.../story.html

People like you who dismiss the effects of an overreaching government scare the hell out of me and, frankly, make me sick.

www.dailykos.com/.../561792

@gorath: "true, Mike, if three letter organisations (I love that description!) are investigating your machine, chances are you've done something silly, and, well, I have no sympathy."

Ah, the old "I've done nothing wrong and therefore have nothing to fear" theory. How's the weather in the field with the other sheep?

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"I'm not making this up."

Sad.  Poor, poor losta.  What you fail to remember is that the US already does this as part of their CURRENT border crossing searches.  Canada hasn't even ratified it yet.  In fact, it was the US that actually spearheaded this, and pulled up trade agreements to get the EU on board, so go blame your own ridiculous government before you start pointing fingers at other countries.

www.cbp.gov/.../search_authority.pdf

"examinations of documents and electronic devices are a crucial tool for detecting

information....in violation of copyright or trademark laws"

HAHA!  You lose!

"People like you who dismiss the effects of an overreaching government scare the hell out of me"

So don't download kiddy porn and pirated music, and you'll have nothing to fear.

@ lotsa, wow, I'd never heard of that kind of intrusion before. I'm not a fan of our current government here, but at least they don't pull crap like that. Please excuse my misunderstanding of the situation.

the "no sympathy" part was in reference to someone who is under suspicion by the CIA, FBI MI5 or something similar. Generally, you wouldn't be taken in by those people without a serious reason!

"So don't download kiddy porn and pirated music, and you'll have nothing to fear."

How's the view of the beach with your head buried in the sand, Wae?

"go blame your own ridiculous government before you start pointing fingers at other countries."

Yes, how silly of me to quote the Canadian press.

Actually, this time I have to agree with lotsa on the questionable confiscation by the Transportation Security Administration. However, lotsa, you got the wrong ammendment. The Fifth ammendment deals with due process, self incrimination, double jeopardy, and eminent domain.

The Fourth Ammendment however, states that "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

To have probable cause, you have to have evidence that a person willfully participated in an act against the United States. If they want to check the hard drive, they can make a copy of the H.D.D. and return the physical property of the person. You can also keep records of the person's whereabouts, without illegally seizing someone's property.

There are several lawsuits pending in U.S. Court based upon the violation of the Fourth Ammendment. This has been widely reported months ago by CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, ABC, NBC, Reuters, and the Associated Press.

Trust me, like many Bush Administration laws, I expect this TSA to be struck down in court. So far, Bush's guys don't write laws very well. Court's are knocking them down like flys.

So this is why I am in support of the new privacy tools. Microsoft has catered to the goverment and businesses rights, over the rights of the individual. Its about time they started reversing the trend.

Peace.