Privacy should be the main concern of every internet user as maintaining privacy while connected with internet, protects you from unpleasant incidents such as password hack, identity theft, personal information hacking etc. The level of vulnerabilities increase if you are browsing the web using the least protected and weaker browser, Internet Explorer. Your family members or colleagues may access your computer and steal your personal informations that you might not be wanting to share with anyone.
The best solution to protect yourself is to password protect Internet Explorer, so that it stays restricted to others. I will put the example and screenshots of IE8, the latest and most commonly used browser from Internet Explorer family.
Activate Password Protection in Internet Explorer:
- Run Internet Explorer browser and navigate to Menu >> Tools > Internet Options >> Content
- Under Content Advisor, click Enable
- Click Setting >> General tab >> Check “Supervisor can type a password to allow users to view restricted content” option
- Click Change Password >> set a password and password hint
- To maintain enhanced privacy, adjust the ratings slider to None
- Now IE8 will ask for password whenever someone tries to access the internet
- You are done. [via]
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