It's only a matter ot time before....

corn02 · March 11, 2009, 10:15:22 AM

I go to show my mother something on youtube.com and and type in yourporn.com out of habit.

thebigfella · March 11, 2009, 10:20:45 AM

It's worse when your at work using your personal laptop and the autocomplete is on

Orior · March 11, 2009, 10:24:21 AM

Yeah, I was going to suggest switching off autocomplete too

wherefromreferee? · March 11, 2009, 10:41:28 AM

And where exactly would one turn off this autocomplete thing... you know... just in case....

nifan · March 11, 2009, 10:55:17 AM

next gen firefox etc are gonna come with privacy mode.
You will turn it on - browse what you like, and at the end of the session anything done in that session is gone.

Nothing more suspicious by a blanked history, cache etc

ONeill · March 11, 2009, 11:00:00 AM

Quote from: nifan on March 11, 2009, 10:55:17 AM
next gen firefox etc are gonna come with privacy mode.
You will turn it on - browse what you like, and at the end of the session anything done in that session is gone.

Nothing more suspicious by a blanked history, cache etc

Saffron Sam looks at PCs and Macs stripped to the bone.

ziggysego · March 11, 2009, 11:01:46 AM

SS2 sounds a kinky sort ONeill.

thebigfella · March 11, 2009, 01:33:56 PM

Quote from: nifan on March 11, 2009, 10:55:17 AM
next gen firefox etc are gonna come with privacy mode.
You will turn it on - browse what you like, and at the end of the session anything done in that session is gone.

Nothing more suspicious by a blanked history, cache etc

IE 8 does this also, Safari has had it for a while (not that I ever use it) and I'm sure opera can do it also or its in the pipeline.

armaghniac · March 11, 2009, 01:45:19 PM

QuoteIt's worse when your at work using your personal laptop and the autocomplete is on

a good precaution is to install two browsers and only use Safari/Opera/Chrome for anything dodgy, but use your regular IE or Firefox for work presentations.

Our Nail Loney · March 11, 2009, 02:04:18 PM

Was once lying on the sofa watching sky with my wee bro in the room... I was flicking about the channels, 401... 405... 136... All the channels I would go to regularly and then i put in the number for Television X!! I wasnt even thinking it was just a reflex!!

I must have thought it was 12.01 pm and the freeview had just started!

Orior · March 11, 2009, 02:09:10 PM

Quote from: armaghniac on March 11, 2009, 01:45:19 PM
QuoteIt's worse when your at work using your personal laptop and the autocomplete is on

a good precaution is to install two browsers and only use Safari/Opera/Chrome for anything dodgy, but use your regular IE or Firefox for work presentations.

Its never fails to surprise me - the ingenuity of man when up to no good

C_Berg_316 · March 11, 2009, 07:05:01 PM

Firefox - you can just go to Tools and then select Clear Private Data - then click clear now - that will do the trick

Our Nail Loney · March 11, 2009, 07:07:47 PM

Quote from: C_Berg_316 on March 11, 2009, 07:05:01 PM
Firefox - you can just go to Tools and then select Clear Private Data - then click clear now - that will do the trick

Yeah but as said above how suspicious is it a clean history with nothing saved??

Schkite · March 11, 2009, 07:10:33 PM

Autocomplete is a hoor alright, don't you have the option to turn it on or off when you first use the internet? Had it on the old laptop but made sure to turn it off on the new one!

armaghniac · March 11, 2009, 08:27:35 PM

QuoteIts never fails to surprise me - the ingenuity of man when up to no good

Yes, indeed. The two browser solution also allows you clear the cache in the "recreational" browser without losing all your other useful links in the "work" browser.