A new internet tool has been launched which enables users to browse the web without the risk of others accessing any private information they may have entered, or discovering what sites they have visited.
Browzar, the brainchild of Freeserve founder Ajaz Ahmed, is free to download, requires no installation and will be of particular interest to corporate users accessing the internet from shared computers or from internet cafes, said the firm. The tool can also be downloaded easily onto a USB memory stick for mobile workers.
It doesn't save web cache, web history, cookies, use auto-complete for partly entered web addresses or retain details entered into online forms, Ahmed explained.
"Mobile workers can log onto the corporate network safe in the knowledge that they won't leave a trail of where they've been, user names and passwords," he said. "People will find their own uses for it – it's a simple tool and on the internet the simplest are [usually] the most powerful."
Ahmed added that as enterprises are increasingly using applications provided over the internet, such as Salesforce.com, the benefits of a privacy tool like Browzar will become even more obvious.
Phillip Dunkelberger, chief executive of encryption specialist PGP, said that secure search will become increasingly sought-after in business, and could help protect firms against bad publicity resulting from exposing sensitive information.
"There are real world situations people must be concerned about where sensitive information [could be accessed by others] and it only needs to happen once [to impact a firm]," he argued.
