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Have a company laptop? Here's how to keep your browsing private |
August 21, 2014
Sj often takes an office laptop home. He wants to know if "the System admin from my office" can see what websites he visits at home.Virtually all browsers these days have private modes (Chrome calls it Incognito Mode). In this condition, the browser doesn't keep records of where you've been. In theory, and often in fact, you can use these modes and leave no trace of where you've been. (I've discussed these modes in more detail last April.)But the chance that a private mode will protect you drops considerably on a company computer. It's quite possible that this computer contains software that tracks everything you do on it. (If you're a parent, you may be using similar software to track your kids' browsing habits.)To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2462467/have-a-company-laptop-heres-how-to-keep-your-browsing-private.html#tk.rss_howto
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