Aug 28 2008Internet Explorer 8 To Feature 'Porn Mode'
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 (now out for beta testing) will feature a 'porn mode', aka InPrivate, similar to Safari's 'Private Browsing' feature.
The new InPrivate feature on Internet Explorer 8 -- now in Beta release, and dubbed by many in the Web development community as "porn mode," a nod to its most obvious use -- when enabled 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.
Once the setting is chosen, others using the same computer will not be able to see which sites have been accessed, the company said. Other browsers have similar functions, but this one is far more prominent. Although casual users cannot see the previous user's search history, authorities such as the police will be able to access it if necessary.
Man, I don't know. My girlfriend is pretty damn computer savvy. If the cops can get at, she already has. Which means she's probably on to my secret ROTFLBDSM fetish and is itching to stomp my balls to mush in red stilettos.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 to Include So-Called 'Porn Mode' Privacy Feature [foxnews]
Thanks to Bryan, who's smart enough to know that watching porn together is an important part of any healthy relationship (excluding relatives and pets).
Reader Comments
1. khem - August 28, 2008 4:02 PM
Rofl IE.
No thanks though...
2. TochiroV - August 28, 2008 4:05 PM
crap so all my yiffie fur porn history is in a cache somewhere!??
:P
3. D - August 28, 2008 4:11 PM
Wow, congratulations to Microsoft for finally catching up to Safari and Firefox!
4. OctoGooch - August 28, 2008 4:12 PM
I also come equipped with a 'porn mode'. Which I am currently set to. Gotta go.
5. Icon - August 28, 2008 4:12 PM
Was the ball smashing visual really necessary?
My nuts hurt just thinking about it. :(
6. James - August 28, 2008 4:56 PM
"...authorities such as the police will be able to access it if necessary."
Whaa? That's retarded. If the police can access it, then people are going to find and use the police's method to access it too. Whatever method they use, it obviously isn't actually private...
7. guate6 - August 28, 2008 4:58 PM
At first, I thought the writer shopped in "and porn lovers" but I saw the Fox news link and holy crap...it's legit.
I still vote firefox all the way.
8. Hunter - August 28, 2008 5:15 PM
My friends and I refer to Portable Firefox as 'Pornable Firefox' since it does pretty much the same thing.
9. Popadopolis - August 28, 2008 6:09 PM
OLD! This is so like... yesterday's news. friggin OLD!!!
10. chaosthirteen - August 28, 2008 10:36 PM
You know, its slogan is "Put the web at your service," when the much less subtle "Service yourself at the web," would have sufficed.
11. William - August 29, 2008 12:06 AM
This exists in three places that I know of already. They are:
1. Safari by Apple
2. Anonymous Surfing by PrivacyView
3. Porn Browser by HeatSeek
Each one of these products protect people’s privacy. HeatSeek is purely designed for Porn. Safari is a full featured browser. PrivacyView has both privacy software and an anonymous proxy.
12. Hunter - August 29, 2008 12:39 AM
@8
You have the same name as I do!
...and Mac kicks ass.
13. Stan Wingson - August 29, 2008 1:01 AM
You know I'd respect M$oft 10 times more if they bagged Jerry Seinfeld and Mojave and just came out and said, Browsing, now with Porn mode. Maybe have KITT from KnightRider jacking off in the commercial.
14. I don't like IE - August 29, 2008 4:15 AM
I use the Stealther plug-in for Firefox. I wish it would only not record my activities when I have it enabled and leave the stuff that was saved while in "I have nothing to hide" mode alone. But no, it wipes everything in "I have everything to hide" mode.
15. Momboelitist - August 29, 2008 9:14 AM
Crap! I thought "porn mode" was going to be an awesome tool for locating the best porn!
What a gyp!
16. Hunter - August 29, 2008 1:21 PM
@12
Whoa!