Microsoft Edge which was released with Windows 10 Operating System has got some very interesting things and features but when it comes to the privacy of the data then it lacks something which we are going to discuss in the next section.
The Internet Explorer, such as Reading List, Cortana Assist and an incognito browsing mode called InPrivate browser. According to a report by researcher Ashish Singh, the Edge browser may not really be an incognito browser.
Singh claims that websites visited from the InPrivate mode can be recovered from the user’s hard drive by examining the WebCache file. That instead of wiping out the contents of the browsing data, after the InPrivate is closed, the ‘Container_n’ table stores the list of sites visited as well as tab history from regular browsing according to Singh’s research.
According to Singh, any hacker can find out your entire browsing history by just examining the Container_n table.
“The Container_n table stores web history. There a field named ‘Flag’ will be available. A website visited in the private mode will have a flag value as ‘8’. Generally the purpose of storing this information is to retrieve crashed private sessions. Therefore any skilled investigator can easily spot the difference and get concrete evidence against a person’s wrongdoings,” noted Singh in this blog post from 2015.
Microsoft has acknowledged the issue to The Verge and stated that it is aware that InPrivate tabs are not working as designed and the company is committed to resolving the issue soon.
Stay tuned for more updates.....
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