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Privacy Uncertain With New IE8 Feature
Closed Published October 10th, 2008 in Browser Security, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8
Redmond on Monday continued to rebuff assertions that a "suggested sites" feature in Internet Explorer 8, currently at Beta 2 release, invades user privacy. IE8 Beta 2’s suggested sites feature sends user information to Microsoft based on the URLs typed into the browser’s address bar.
It allows the software giant to capture an individual’s browsing history only if the Web site loads. The program is not based on keystrokes as many early critics had thought. The URL capture process has come to be known as "phoning home," or encapsulating the user’s search and surf patterns. Redmond Developer News
