Protecting Your Data : Private Browsing by Default

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With everyone complaining about laptop searches crossing the border, and an upcoming trip stateside for me, I thought I might take a look at protecting some of my own data.  It’s not that i’ve got anything to hide (unless uncle sam is interested in client management software), but I like to keep my data as mine.  While protecting all of your data is much more difficult than i’ll cover here,  protecting at least your web surfing habits is easy as pie.  Safari has a great feature called “Private Browsing” that doesn’t hold onto any cache/passwords/history from session to session in your browser.  The only problem with private browsing is that you’ve got to enable it every time you open your browser.

I did some searching but couldn’t find any info on tricking safari into defaulting to private browsing.  That’s why I took 5 minutes out, and wrote a quick applescript app to launch Safari, and instantly turn on private browsing.  It’s simple, but it works.  Give it a try!

Download Private Safari

Cheers!