The privacy button that Phorm will ignore
The BBC reports as news that Microsoft is to introduce a privacy mode in its next version of its second-most popular bloatware after Windows, namely Internet Explorer. Version 8 of IE will feature a button that will erase any trace on the host computer of websites you’ve visited. Yet towards the end of the article, the writer just about remembers to inform readers that Apple’s Safari browser already has a privacy mode and developers working for Mozilla, creators of Firefox, are reportedly working on a similar feature for future versions. He or she makes no mention of the fact that there’s at least one plugin for Firefox that does the job, and has done so for over a year now, called Stealther.
tags: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Phorm, privacy, Safari, Web browsers
