You can take a look at this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss/browse_thread/thread/bdf21cc94427fb02/f1f9bc27bfed6595
On Jun 18, 11:32 pm, Jared Branum <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
