InPrivate Filtering
InPrivate Browsing's primary benefit is eliminating any local history of the Web sites visited by a user, whereas InPrivate Filtering attempts to improve privacy by blocking ads, images, analytics, and other tracking content that might allow Web sites to track a visitor across multiple Web sites. To the user, it's typically not obvious that the tracking content is coming from an outside Web site because the tracking content might be an image or video integrated into the Web page, or it could be completely hidden within the Web page.
InPrivate Filtering is turned off by default and must be enabled on a per-session basis. To use this feature, select InPrivate Filtering from the Safety menu or press Ctrl+Shift+F. InPrivate Filtering can be enabled in a standard browsing session or an InPrivate Browsing session.
By default, InPrivate Filtering blocks content that is shared across 10 different sites or more. You can reduce the number of sites by using the InPrivate Filtering Settings dialog box or by configuring the Administrative Templates\Windows Components \Internet Explorer\InPrivate\InPrivate Filtering Threshold Group Policy setting.
InPrivate Filtering determines how many Web sites a content provider might track a user across by logging data. To disable this logging, enable the Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer\InPrivate\Do Not Collect InPrivate Filtering Data Group Policy setting.
To disable InPrivate Filtering, enable the Administrative Templates\Windows Components \Internet Explorer\InPrivate\Turn Off InPrivate Filtering Group Policy setting.
In this tutorial:
- Managing Windows Internet Explorer
- Internet Explorer 8 Improvements
- InPrivate Browsing
- InPrivate Filtering
- Compatibility View
- SmartScreen
- Domain Highlighting
- Tab Isolation
- Accelerators
- Improvements Previously Introduced in Internet Explorer 7
- User Interface Changes
- Tabbed Browsing
- Search Bar
- How to Create a Web Link to Add a Custom Search Provider
- How to Configure Custom Search Providers Using the Registry
- How to Configure Custom Search Providers Using Group Policy
- RSS Feeds
- Improved Standards Support
- Expanded Group Policy Settings
- Defending Against Malware
- How Protected Mode Improves Security
- How the Protected Mode Compatibility Layer Works
- How to Solve Protected Mode Incompatibilities
- URL-Handling Protection
- Address Bar Visibility
- Cross-Domain Scripting Attack Protection
- Controlling Browser Add-ons
- Add -on Manager Improvements
- Protecting Against Data Theft
- Security Status Bar
- How the Smart Screen Filter Works
- How to Configure Smart Screen Options
- Deleting Browsing History
- Blocking IDN Spoofing
- Security Zones
- Understanding Zones
- Configuring Zones on the Local Computer
- Configuring Zones Using Group Policy
- Network Protocol Lockdown
- Managing Internet Explorer Using Group Policy
- Group Policy Settings for Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8
- New Group Policy Settings for Internet Explorer 8
- Using the Internet Explorer Administration Kit
- Troubleshooting Internet Explorer Problems
- Internet Explorer Does Not Start
- An Add-on Does Not Work Properly
- Some Web Pages Do Not Display Properly
- Preventing Unwanted Toolbars
- The Home Page or Other Settings Have Changed