[clue-talk] IE8 "hidden history" will rat on you, Mozilla to follow suit

[Jed S. Baer]

Hey all you privacy mavens, this one's interesting.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,412161,00.html

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automatically conceals sites visited by wiping clean browsing and search
history, cookies, form data and passwords. It also clears the browser
cache at the end of each session.
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Although casual users cannot see the previous user’s search history,
authorities such as the police will be able to access it if necessary.
Rival developer Mozilla said it is working to add similiar features to
its Firefox browser, the New York Times reported.
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So I guess if you're a Chinese dissident, or activist in some other
fashion somewhere -- where the authorities frown on that, or maybe a
Christian in hostile territory, you'll want to be looking for something
else to use. I'm wondering if Mozilla will embed that into the Gecko
engine, or if it'll be just Firefox doing it.

I hope they get plenty of backlash over it.

Yeah, I know. The authorities can spy on you in myriad ways if they want
to. I fail to see any need to just roll over for them.

jed