Monday, 1 February 2016

Microsoft Edge Fails Privacy Test, Facebook Takes Your Guns… [Tech News Digest]

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Microsoft Edge is storing your private data, Facebook stops users selling guns to each other, Lonely Planet offers free travel guides, Netflix brings Gilmore Girls back to life, and The Fine Brothers are losing subscribers. Edge’s InPrivate Mode Isn’t So Private Microsoft’s new Edge browser, designed to replace the much-maligned Internet Explorer, may be storing your private data. This is according to Ashish Singh, a researcher who conducted an investigation for Forensic Focus, via BetaNews. The problem is data is still being stored even when the user activates InPrivate mode, which is Edge’s version of Chrome’s Incognito mode. Rather than...

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