Ok Ok, here it is in large letters so you plonkers that are worried about peadofiles, terrorists, cheating husband, etc, can get to grips with the reality of this new browser from microsoft. WHEN YOU TURN ON YOUR COMPUTER AND CONNECT TO THE INTERNET, YOUR EXTERNAL INERNET PROTOCOL(IP) ADDRESS, THE ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE A LOAD OF NUMBERS EG:00.000.00.000, IS BROADCASTED TO YOUR INTERNET SUPPLIER(ISP). WHEN YOU USE THAT IP ADDRESS TO VISIT ANY SITE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, YOUR ISP IS MADE AWARE OF THIS, EVEN THOSE WITH IP CHANGING PROGRAMS DONT GET AWAY WITH THIS, AS YOUR IP FROM YOUR ADDRESS ALWAYS REMAINS THE SAME, THE ONLY PARTY THAT GETS THE CHANGED IP IS THE SITE YOUR VISITING. THE NEW VERSION OF IE ONLY ALLOWS INTERNAL SECRECY ON YOUR OWN COMPUTER AND HAS NO BAREING ON THE EXTERNAL NETWORK KNOWN AS THE INTERNET OR YOUR ISP'S LOGGING SYSTEM. IT SIMPLY STOPS THIRD PARTY COOKIES AND HISTORY BEING ADDED TO YOUR COMPUTER. THIS BY NO MEANS A RESPITE FOR ANY ILLEGIMITATE ACTIVITY. IF ANYTHING IT WILL LUL PEOPLE INTO A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY AND ENABLE THE ENTRAPMENT OF SAID PEOPLE. I hope that clears things up as a lot of you people are just worried about nothing and are double posting the same stuff over and over. have to agree with the post about the british govnt taxing it tho. well said my man

i think its a good idea. Though what should do is make it so only people like the police can track were you have been and nobody else, something like that. ^^

I agree its a bad idea. Too many people abuse the net already, if anything there should be more tracking and monitoring. Maybe then there will be less children being abused by peodophiles and also less children visiting adult websites that they shouldnt be. More strict rules are the way forward, not the opposite way. Should be stopped.

And to add for those people worried about children visiting sites they shouldn't be. Microsoft installed a security feature that allows you to restrict what children visit by adding a password system. If you look at the tools menu in IE and then internet options you will see something called content advisor that allows you to restrict what sites can be viewed without the password. Yes this can be a pain in the back side but its there for a reason

If the internet was ACTUALLY policed, then this update would not be required

In fact, it will actually make it HARDER to police.

Absolute visibility into everyones activities is the only way to ensure fairness and that no person is being exploited via this medium.

If the policing were adequate, then I ask you all...what do you have to hide that you are so scared to display?

Microsoft need to create a system for policing and then give it to an unbiased authority, not allow people to surf in anonimity.

Anyone who believes you can be anonymous online is a fool. The fact that someone wrote the program means that someone else will find a simple way to hack it. And do you really believe the police, intelligence, etc., agencies would not still be able to work out where you have been? Big brother rules the roost and don't you ever forget it! Freedom is a state of mind not a corporeal reality. Sorry to rain on your parade...but it's true.

This is a good step from Microsoft, and will not affect the tracking of paedophiles and terrorists.

Internet service providers log internet activity, so although not logged on your PC it will still be trackable by law enforcement.

In the corporate enviroment, users are usually tracked by all traffic going through a 'proxy' server, that logs every webpage you visit.

What this will help stop is spy/malware, session tracking cookies that hijack your browser and slow it down and install unwanted software in internet explorer.

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I think it's a good feature, however it is something that an administrator should be able to disable/enable. For instance, in the work place the employer might need to know what staff do online. In this case the network administrator should be able to disable"inPrivate" so employees cannot turn it on.

@#$% and lies, we still will have no privacy. If anyone believes that microsoft wont still have access to absolutely everythin we do on our pc's then ur dumber than u think. It might not keep records on that individual computer but as far as government 'security' there will still be 100% access as per usual with any online computer. If your pc can connect ot he web then the governments know exactly what ur doing