I was considering the benefits of an optional password (set by the user) required in order to open an Incognito window. The password could be stored in a fashion similar to the way saved form passwords are stored currently, or a different algorithm (such as a one-way hash) could be used. Certain end-users, such as concerned parents, could set the password in order to prevent other users, such as their children, from misusing Incognito mode.
The feature would be completely optional, so I don't see much of a downside to the addition. Obviously considering the open-source nature of the browser, any user could potentially recover the saved password with enough ingenuity. However, if a user is savvy enough to decrypt a saved password based on the encryption/decryption routines in the source code, then clearly they could hide their browsing history anyway (by deleting parts of the history/cache/etc.). I was going to start work on this feature (though I have never contributed code to a Google project before), but first I wanted to see if anyone else thought the feature was worthwhile. Is this a potentially useful feature, or would I be wasting my time? Thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
