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| From | RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc, alt.hacker |
| Subject | [CM] Oops: private browsing in Edge browser isn't actually private |
| Date | 2016-02-01 17:00 +0000 |
| Organization | solani.org |
| Message-ID | <n8o2vh$r3p$1@solani.org> (permalink) |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
From the «private is what our lawyers say is private» department: Title: Microsoft Edge's Private Browsing Mode Isn't Actually Private Author: help@slashdot.org Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 18:59:00 -0500 Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Q4C2DwMmi34/microsoft-edges-private-browsing-mode-isnt-actually-private JustAnotherOldGuy writes: The forensic examination of most web browsers has proven that they don't have a provision for storing the details of privately browsed web sessions. However, in the case of Microsoft Edge, the private browsing isn't as private as it seems. Previous investigations of the browser have resulted in revealing that websites visited in private mode are also stored in the browser's WebCache file. The Container_n table stores web history, and a field named 'Flag' with a value of '8' shows that website was visited in private mode. An investigator can easily spot the difference and use this evidence against a person. The not-so-private browsing featured by Edge makes its very purpose seem to fail, and you can't help but ask how such a fundamental aspect of private browsing could be so fantastically borked. It beggars belief. [image 2][2][image 4][4][image 6][6] Read more of this story[7] at Slashdot. [image 8] Links: [1]: http://twitter.com/home?status=Microsoft+Edge's+Private+Browsing+Mode+Isn't+Actually+Private%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F20B3aZq (link) [2]: http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png (image) [3]: http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F16%2F01%2F31%2F2359234%2Fmicrosoft-edges-private-browsing-mode-isnt-actually-private%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook (link) [4]: http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png (image) [5]: http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/01/31/2359234/microsoft-edges-private-browsing-mode-isnt-actually-private?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=googleplus (link) [6]: http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png (image) [7]: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/01/31/2359234/microsoft-edges-private-browsing-mode-isnt-actually-private?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed (link) [8]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/Q4C2DwMmi34 (image) -- Posting to comp.misc, sci.misc, and misc.news.internet.discuss
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[CM] Oops: private browsing in Edge browser isn't actually private RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-02-01 17:00 +0000
Re: [CM] Oops: private browsing in Edge browser isn't actually private Big Bad Bob <BigBadBob-at-mrp3-dot-com@testing.local> - 2016-02-01 10:00 -0800
Re: [CM] Oops: private browsing in Edge browser isn't actually private RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2016-02-01 22:22 +0300
Re: [CM] Oops: private browsing in Edge browser isn't actually private Diesel <me@privacy.net> - 2016-02-02 08:14 +0000
Re: [CM] Oops: private browsing in Edge browser isn't actually private Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-02-01 18:19 +0000
Re: [CM] Oops: private browsing in Edge browser isn't actually private "Andy K." <andy.k466@gmail.com> - 2016-02-01 19:25 +0100
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