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Microsoft Edge private browsing could use some tweaking

Matthew Wilson January 28, 2016 General Tech

Alongside the launch of Windows 10 last year, Microsoft also came out with a brand new browser, Edge, to take over from Internet Explorer. Since this is a modern browser, it does have a private browsing mode, unfortunately, it seems that Edge still continues to record your browsing data anyway while in the mode.

Microsoft Edge's ‘InPrivate' browsing mode is supposed to leave no history behind but as security researcher Ashish Singh has discovered, when a private browsing window is closed a web cache file is saved with the information of your session stored on it.

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In an article on Forensic Focus, Ashish said: “Edge is the latest browser developed by Microsoft as a successor to Internet Explorer. However, being built specifically for Windows 10, its usage has all of a sudden risen due to the increasing number of the latest OS users. Edge Browser also leaves behind artifacts on the user machine in order to store browsing information.”

Basically, if you know where to look, you would be able to recover and see some of the activity from a private browsing session, the Forensic Focus post actually breaks this process down. Fortunately, Microsoft is already aware of this issue and plans to clear things up and fix this soon.

KitGuru Says: Users tend to expect their private browsing sessions to stay private, with no way to recover the details of that session. Microsoft has already said that it is working on fixing this in Edge but we don't know exactly when that update will come. 

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2 comments

  1. ramonzarat
    January 29, 2016 at 3:22 am

    Literally *EVERYTHING” from M$ could use some tweaking:

    – Adware nag to upgrade to Windows 10? CHECK!
    – Relentless multiple re-activation of KB3035583, even if you HIDE the update? CHECK!
    – “Update now or tonight” strong arm update to Windows 10 with no CANCEL button? CHECK!
    – Pre-download multiple GIGABYTES of data to upgrade to Windows 10 without user consent? CHECK!
    – Failed Windows phone? CHECK!
    – Fire hazard Surface AC adapter? CHECK!
    – NSA approved, phone home every time you sneeze Windows 10? CHECK!
    – Useless, pre-alpha, half baked Spartan browser no where near the hype M$ told us? CHECK!
    – App store with no apps? CHECK!
    – Lost console war to Sony PS4 with much weaker hardware limited to 720p/900p? CHECK!
    – Failed Kinect? Twice? CHECK!
    – All around anti consumer bad attitude? CHECK!

  2. Alex Ray
    January 29, 2016 at 4:51 am

    oh no, mom will find out i looked at porn…

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