How private is your browser's privacy mode?
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 09:00
in Mathematics & Economics
A forensic analysis of the so-called "private" browsing modes of the most popular web browsers, Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera, reveals that the Microsoft product tested in this research leaves traces on the user system that could betray browsing details; the other browsers maintain much better privacy, according to a report published in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics.