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Computer Forensics, Privacy & the Law

Microsoft Internet Explorer

More Details Emerging on Impact of Private Browsing on Forensics

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 12 November 2008

Tagged in: workplace forensics , volatile data , private browsing , Mozilla Firefox , Microsoft Internet Explorer , live forensics , keystroke loggers , Google Chrome , enterprise forensics , cache

There is growing awareness that the trend towards inclusion of a "private browsing" in Web browsers may make it more difficult (or at least less fruitful) to conduct computer forensic examinations in the future.

On the TechRepublic website, Tom Olzak, Director of Information Security at HCR Manor Care in Ohio, has a new blog posting entitled "How do new private browsing capabilities affect forensics?" He provides a brief overview of how the new feature will work in the various browsers and then discusses some of the implications for computer forensic examiners and corporate IT departments.

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