Point of Order - Google Incognito Incognito Mode

FYI - For all those out there rejoicing that Google Chrome Incognito mode, and Internet Explorer ‘InPrivate’ mode will hide your surfing @ work… Wake up. 

Yes, it does wipe your history on your local machine, however most businesses route and track traffic through gateways.  (This is how the guy that sits on ESPN all day got caught/fired.)  These gateways can track browsing by internal IP or your Machine Name. 

What this means is while yes, your history will be wiped locally, the sites etc. you are accessing will be stored and monitored at the gateway level, which you cannot get at.  Sorry, your boss or Sys-Admins will be very aware of what/when you’re looking at things. 

The only way around this is to setup a Socks5 proxy via a SSH Tunnel and a computer outside your corporate network.  Once you have this, you setup a proxy connection within your browser.  Proxying your browser tunnels all that browser’s web traffic through the SSH Tunnel, and through the remote machine - thus keeping you safe.  Your browser will now resolve the same IP as your home machine, and you’re surfing will not be tracked.  Oh, and SSH traffic is encrypted, which equals more security.   

I plan on writing a detailed instruction of how this works, and how to set it up shortly - in the meantime, keep surfing on your cell phone while at work.

–D

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