What would you do if you couldn't delete history
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I wasnt aware i could erase time as it is now. I must not be that high level of a wizard yet to not know that secret.
But more on topic... would probably just own up to it. no one goes on my comp without me knowing cause i have the password, and even then, I'd just own up to it and not care. I'm not doing anything illegal, so i have nothing to worry about.
But more on topic... would probably just own up to it. no one goes on my comp without me knowing cause i have the password, and even then, I'd just own up to it and not care. I'm not doing anything illegal, so i have nothing to worry about.
Be perfectly fine. I'm usually the only one who uses my computer. I'll own up to whatever is in my history, or just blame StumbleUpon, saying "nah, I just stumbled there once."
People would just see lots of odd questions about awkward topics like rape for argument citations, stuff that might make me look like a stalker, and other bizarre questions that just pop into my head for no apparent reason like "Do owls have butts?"...So apart from the complete lack of porn, I'd just look like the average person. I'd be embarrassed about it, but I'd cover it up with "Yeah, let's see YOUR history."
I would program a new browser.
If not possible, I would just TrueCrypt my drive. I like my privacy private.
I actually could just leave it and 99% chance I wouldn't have a problem, but meh. I've been through info security issues in the past and would rather not go back there.
If not possible, I would just TrueCrypt my drive. I like my privacy private.
I actually could just leave it and 99% chance I wouldn't have a problem, but meh. I've been through info security issues in the past and would rather not go back there.
Sorry to dissapoint you, however it saves cookies, however deletes them on closing. So, yea. If someone wanted to they could see.momo1tm said:I always use anonymous/private tabsno history left behind
Despite always using private browsing mode on Firefox, I still get antsy when my mother (hardline evangelical Christian) wants to check my internet history in case something randomly decides to pop up. My father (agnostic Pantheist) already knows, and he understands perfectly, however.
..The bookmarks are an entirely different matter, of course. <_<
..The bookmarks are an entirely different matter, of course. <_<
I'd rig elaborate death traps all around my computer. Also, I'd rig a perma-password on my browser somehow.
No different...just like most people in the world I look at stuff that is questionable and potentially very embarrassing, but that is who I am. If someone is nosy enough to look into my history behind my back, my feelings are that it speaks volumes on the kind of person they are as well.
If that's the case then I run the risk of deleting caches for frequented sites such as the Escapist, YouTube, Equestria Daily, etc.
I also will have to delete all my Pony stuff. (Noooooo!)
The answer is no. If someone wants to search my history I have nothing to hide, but why would anyone go through the trouble of searching through my history?
As for pornography, Rule 34, hentai, etc.. I find that porn is not for me and I don't want to slow this laptop down with viruses.
Besides, who doesn't look at porn? I admit I dabbled in lustful self-gratification.
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I just realized I need a wipe for one of my junk computers, but I lost the install disc and deleted the earliest system restore points (Ha!), so I can use this to my advantage. Yes!
I also will have to delete all my Pony stuff. (Noooooo!)
The answer is no. If someone wants to search my history I have nothing to hide, but why would anyone go through the trouble of searching through my history?
As for pornography, Rule 34, hentai, etc.. I find that porn is not for me and I don't want to slow this laptop down with viruses.
Besides, who doesn't look at porn? I admit I dabbled in lustful self-gratification.
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I just realized I need a wipe for one of my junk computers, but I lost the install disc and deleted the earliest system restore points (Ha!), so I can use this to my advantage. Yes!
For the moment, my porn interests are protected by the honor system. My collection is under a folder labled Porn (Explicit) and on the rare incidence that someone else is using my computer, they are assumed to have been warned as they cross that threshold.
I'm pretty sure, should I die, my parents would rather delete such files, sight unseen, or hand it over to a friend of mine or neutral party before discovering the horrible truth possibility of, say, an incest fetish.
My real privacy concerns have to do with the range of topics I study as a researcher, which might raise alarm, were my browsing history tracked by certain government agencies. Here in the US, they're not supposed to do that, but they do, off the record.
Also, when a court order demands the URLs of visitors to a given sight (as in the Sony of America vs. GeoHot), that information becomes public record,. Also, here in the US, said agencies are eager to put folks on certain kinds of lists, so I wouldn't be surprised if I'm a usual suspect regularly considered and ruled out when it comes to certain types of political crimes.
We've seen more than a few Wizard Did It scenarios in the recent era, sadly, none of which would be blocked by securing your own computer. My Chrome history is tracked by Google, and isn't particular to one system or another.[footnote]Which also gives me the advantage of searching my complete history regardless of which terminal I'm using, so this isn't entirely a bad thing.[/footnote] Specific governments, such as Iran and China also keep tabs on the browsing histories through ISPs within their borders, which has caused more than a few scandals regarding the International Press Core, and their right to access the net without local scrutiny or censorship.
My solution, were it to become a necessity to protect my privacy[footnote]Say, if the US were to get too paranoid, or were I to become a significant enough political entity to make enemies[/footnote] would be to create a script that constantly did random surfing during my off hours, making it really unclear exactly what was legitimate research and what was my computer goofing off. The point would also be to make it a sorting nightmare for anyone with the unhappy task of implicating me of a crime.
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I'm pretty sure, should I die, my parents would rather delete such files, sight unseen, or hand it over to a friend of mine or neutral party before discovering the horrible truth possibility of, say, an incest fetish.
My real privacy concerns have to do with the range of topics I study as a researcher, which might raise alarm, were my browsing history tracked by certain government agencies. Here in the US, they're not supposed to do that, but they do, off the record.
Also, when a court order demands the URLs of visitors to a given sight (as in the Sony of America vs. GeoHot), that information becomes public record,. Also, here in the US, said agencies are eager to put folks on certain kinds of lists, so I wouldn't be surprised if I'm a usual suspect regularly considered and ruled out when it comes to certain types of political crimes.
We've seen more than a few Wizard Did It scenarios in the recent era, sadly, none of which would be blocked by securing your own computer. My Chrome history is tracked by Google, and isn't particular to one system or another.[footnote]Which also gives me the advantage of searching my complete history regardless of which terminal I'm using, so this isn't entirely a bad thing.[/footnote] Specific governments, such as Iran and China also keep tabs on the browsing histories through ISPs within their borders, which has caused more than a few scandals regarding the International Press Core, and their right to access the net without local scrutiny or censorship.
My solution, were it to become a necessity to protect my privacy[footnote]Say, if the US were to get too paranoid, or were I to become a significant enough political entity to make enemies[/footnote] would be to create a script that constantly did random surfing during my off hours, making it really unclear exactly what was legitimate research and what was my computer goofing off. The point would also be to make it a sorting nightmare for anyone with the unhappy task of implicating me of a crime.
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simple.
whoracle@linuxbox: ~> chmod -R 400 .opera/cache/
And then surf like always.
Since my history gets deleted everytime I close the browser anyways, the worst case would be that my last days history gets kept. After the command above the browser won't be able to write more history and cache, so I'd be fine.
For windows it'd be basically the same, only with another command/via the gui, but I don't have a browser installed on my windows anyway, so meh.
whoracle@linuxbox: ~> chmod -R 400 .opera/cache/
And then surf like always.
Since my history gets deleted everytime I close the browser anyways, the worst case would be that my last days history gets kept. After the command above the browser won't be able to write more history and cache, so I'd be fine.
For windows it'd be basically the same, only with another command/via the gui, but I don't have a browser installed on my windows anyway, so meh.
