Posted by: Frederick Lane
on 10 January 2009
A new report by the San Francisco-based security consulting firm iSEC Partners raises questions about the effectiveness of the new "privacy mode" feature currently being tested by the major browser platforms.
According to the report, all of the browsers allowed third-party applications to store private data on the hard drive during "privacy mode" browsing and to varying degrees, failed to clear data when switch from private to normal browsing.
Posted by: Frederick Lane
on 12 November 2008
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.
Posted by: Frederick Lane
on 04 November 2008
The latest thing in browsers these days is a feature designed to allow people to surf the web without leaving any traces of their activity on their computer.
Although it is officially known as "private browsing," the new feature is more commonly referred to as "porn mode." Depending on how it works, it may make computer forensic investigations less productive.
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