Microsoft Ad Execs Nuked IE8 Privacy Features

[exfileme]

The Internet Explorer 8 development team wanted more user-controlled privacy settings.

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[Dirtman73]

Firefox FTW.

 

[dillyflump]

I agree Firefox all the way, you cant beat adblockplus. It's really suprising how much your online experience is slowed down by constant adverts and tracking tools.

 

[mikem_90]

Can anyone honestly be surprised at this?

Ad revenue is big business folks. If blocking ads is only for the "leet" users, fine, that is usually less than a percent data/revenue. But if a large section of their ad revenue goes dark...

 

[borisof007]

Chrome ftw

 

[dextermat]

Only one thing to say : go to hell M$ & Steve Ballmer

 

[Shadow703793]

[citation][nom]dillyflump[/nom]I agree Firefox all the way, you cant beat adblockplus. It's really suprising how much your online experience is slowed down by constant adverts and tracking tools.[/citation]
+1. And adding NoScript along with AdBlock Plus really reduces down the chance of bad things happening and getting to your system.

 

[cadder]

I'm not using IE unless I asbolutely have to. Occasionally I find something that won't work in Firefox so I crank up IE. When I do a new OS install, I immediately crank up IE, so I can download Firefox.

Nobody has yet proven to me that Chrome and Opera are as secure as Firefox.

 

[kyeana]

Opera 😉

 

[wotan31]

That's what you get when you go with Microsoft. Corporate BS. Use real software from real people. Open Source FTW.

 

[Shadow703793]

[citation][nom]otacon72[/nom]Since Windows runs 90%+ of the world's computers I'd say a few people disagree with you...lol[/citation]
Well played

 

[Guest]

lol...welcome to how the world operates. Ever notice that even the open-source browsers don't have particularly good security settings out of the box?

 

[shovenose]

dont laugh. i like ie8.

 

[Guest]

FireFox all the way along with AdBlock Plus! and OpenDNS.
No problem using the back button this way.

Use Internet Explorer with OpenDNS and anything else that blocks unwanted domains and try to use the back button on sites full of advertisements such Microsoft TechNet and you'll be forever trying to click back cause even though the Ads were blocked, the scripts still load.

At least with FireFox and AdBlock Plus! the scripts can easily be blocked just as easily as the Adverts.

 

[pinkfloydminnesota]

They know everything anyway, but just to hate Gates for being ugly I use firefox.

 

[mayne92]

[citation][nom]otacon72[/nom]Since Windows runs 90%+ of the world's computers I'd say a few people disagree with you...lol[/citation]
...and the other 10% hack the crap out of the 90% of people running swiss cheese...

 

[clivene09]

Who uses IE anyway? Perhaps the employees at Microsoft, although I would imagine they would probably use Firefox or Opera if it was their choice.

 

[meradz]

[citation][nom]mayne92[/nom]...and the other 10% hack the crap out of the 90% of people running swiss cheese...[/citation]

LOL. Too funny. Although I am sure you know that the 10% would be hacking that 90% regardless of what it was.

 

[eddieroolz]

Its a shame that Microsoft's been plagued with news of internal struggle recently. I would've rather seen privacy valued first, but its a shame.

 

[ravewulf]

This setting is found under Tools / Internet Options / Privacy, labeled as "Do not collect data for use by InPrivate Filtering."

That is the wrong setting.

It is located under Safety / InPrivate Filtering Settings or (from the classic menus) Tools / InPrivate Filtering Settings

To permanently enable it AND use AdBlock Plus filters, follow the guide here http/www.vista4beginners.com/AdBlock-Plus-Filters-Internet-Explorer-8