Sounds like a good idea, too bad the kiddies will be using it to hide all their browsing from their parents, what's a parent to do?

Me, I use firefox within sandboxie for my pr0n mode, it ensures that dodgy sites that are more likely to have malware and the like can't mess with the PC, and I only get the pics out of course. :)

http://www.sandboxie.com/

The pr0n aficionados out there already should have discovered Firefox's handy Profile Manager, which lets you essentially do the exact same thing.

firefox.exe -profilemanager

Regardless of the moral issues regarding p0rn, the key issue should always be to protect innocent eyes. Ideally, adults should be able to use the computer for what they want and leave no traces behind them.

Most people's first experience of p0rn was in finding the stash that belonged to a parent or older sibling, and although this might have been relatively harmless stuff several decades ago, the stuff available nowadays is generally speaking much "harder" (no pun intended) than that in the days of old...

You won't, can't, stop people using p0rn.

What you can and should do is protect the innocence of children in such matters for as long as possible. That's not the same as being prudish - nothing wrong with sex, and children should be told that (once they are old enough for such a message to be appropriate). There is however danger in any child witnessing the sex scenes common on the Internet and thinking that they relate to standard human sexual behaviour rather than a (mostly) male-centric fantasy.

Not using the Paris icon because it's just far far too obvious...

I know it was in the Opera settings dialog several years ago IIRC

I think we need to decide what toolbar icon is suitable for Porn Mode.

Paris, cos she is a likely candidate.

Exactly what I was thinking! FF to name but one browser, has had this stuff for donkey's. In fact the one reason I prefer FF, when I'm visiting the less salubrious "side" of the internet!

Will IE8 overwrite cached files or just delete them? It's really easy to recover "deleted" files on windows...

... would be very nice. Having flash decide to run on any site which wants it to run is quite horrific, especially if you play an MMO, a new vuln is on the lose that uses Flash (again). If IE would disable plugins by default and only allow them to be active on sites you trust, it would do a lot to improve security.

Google Adwords is just one of the nuisances I've been blocking with my proxy server for a long time. My whole browsing experience is a lot like watching the BBC.

Mine's the one without a brand name.

That nasty little hidden file that collects EVERY url cannot be deleted while you are using your account. Maybe IE8 will edit it, maybe.....

You have to log into a different account, or even boot to MS DOS prompt, or even better mount the drive under Linux, to delete it.

Have fear, even with porn mode on, the police will still be able to see every little kiddie website you wank over.

index.dat is the number 2 reason that I don't use IE. Number 1 is that I use Linux.

I already have this with Firefox, have done for years.

Clears all data when I close it.

It is a widely known fact that any Microsoft Windows version is a virtual partyhouse of and for data miners.

The Windows Virtual Memory system gladly retains any information that passes through your system in the swapfile on your harddrive - passwords, addresses, files you clicked/hovered over/edited/sniffed/licked/sent/deleted/moved/etc.

Then there's the wonderful magic of multiple temp folders - one on C:, one in C:\Windows, one in C:\Winnt (and yes, there are systems that have BOTH Windows and Winnt), several more in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users and your own user account, Then there's C:\System Volume Information to which you do not have access by default (System Restore is your friend, really. especially in court), Any software you may have installed that grafts it's own temp and restore systems onto your computer, etc.

Then last but certainly not the least; your own internet provider. Your pal, your chum, your biggest friend of all. Especially when Uncle Bobby comes round for a pint of computer forensics.

With the lovely Data Retention laws now coming into full effect everywhere, your bits and bytes are stored 1:1 on nice, shiny, BIG disk arrays where anyone with a pea sized brain can trawl through your every move like it's the next best thing in the IKEA catalogue.

All in the name of privacy right? Good luck hiding your tracks!

AC:

"Exactly what I was thinking! FF to name but one browser, has had this stuff for donkey's. In fact the one reason I prefer FF, when I'm visiting the less salubrious "side" of the internet!"

A pr0n mode for donkeys? Your side of the net is certainly anything but salubrious!

for ages. However, for average uneducated IE users, do you expect they would know a single thing about FF? All they need is the ability to check email and watch pr0n. This will be a huge help for them.

removes index.dat...

Other than that run a ramdrive and redirect your files to here.

Of course the best way is simply to run a "live" linux cd which can't possible write to your HDD in the first place.

It IS revolutionary. Nothing really exists until Microsoft has written their own version of it. It's how they've become the most innovative company in history.

run an undelete utility on the cache folder perhaps?

delete != wipe

Then A = CCleaner

isn't prOn some kind of fish?? is PORN! P-O-R-N

poooooorrrrnnnn there I said it!

nothing wrong with it, and nothing wrong with cleaning up after it

...from on-site housecall-type repairs: "How do I clear the location bar?"

I'd assumed this pr0n mode meant that I wouldn't get anything except filth delivered to my browser.

You mean that (a) sites can do this, and (b) the browser happily obliges?

Good grief!

I thought that's what live CDs such as Knoppix were for!

But, more importantly, what about Duck Porn ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/20/microsoft_adcenter_keywords/ )?

Please give several examples in jpg format please

who dont know how to set security permissions for ie settings with regedit

There are plenty of ways for a Corp. to log access to porn without needing to have any of it stored on the workstation itself.

Using the sysinternals.com "movefile" command, you can delete index.dat at next boot.

From my work Vista laptop:

movefile "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\index.dat" ""

...

movefile "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\index.dat" ""

There's quite a few index.dat files on your PC, you need to get them all the IE related ones.

Index.dat - more info here:

http://blog.wisefaq.com/category/internet-privacy/

Sshh! Don't tell. It's more fun when users don't know it and admins can review the proxy logs. Users find the best stuff, sometimes.