The Wall Street Journal has run a pretty interesting feature on the development of IE8. In it, it is revealed that with IE8, Microsoft wanted to make the browser more secure, automatically opting users out of many internet tracking programs. This feature made it into the final IE8 under the name of InPrivate, but it’s not turned on by default and must be turned on every time you start the browser. Reason being because executives at Microsoft caught wind of the IE team’s changes and demanded they stop because that would make advertisers unhappy and could damage Microsoft’s relations with them. Not exactly “surprising” per say, but it is sad that companies feel the need to dilute security in favor of making more money.

Source: Wall Street Journal