privacy tool for Netscape.

[Jeff Bobicki]

Hi Shirl

I believe you will find that Librowse Lite will solve this for you. It is
free and can be found at http://home.amigo.net/bobicki/library.html

Best Regards

Jeff Bobicki
Technical Consultant
Colorado Southwset Regional Library System


At 07:02 AM 5/6/98 -0700, Shirl Kennedy wrote:
>One subject that surfaces on this list from time to time is clearing browser
>history, etc., on public access Internet terminals, to preserve patron
>privacy.  I just read about what looks like a nifty little shareware app,
>used in conjunction with Netscape, that automatically takes care of this.
>Program is called Cover Your Tracks
>(http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/5610/cyt.html)
>
>"Cover Your Tracks is a privacy tool for Netscape. It's (sic) purpose is to
>clear everything that could indicate which web sites you've visited. More
>specifically, Cover Your Tracks will clear the pulldown bar, cache files,
>history files, cookies, and recent documents in the start menu if you are
>using Netscape 3.x or 4.x.   Cover Your Tracks is fully customizable in that
>you can choose whether or not you want the cache, history, cookies, or
>recent documents to be cleared. Registered users can enable Auto-Clearing, a
>feature that performs all indicated clearing operations and then closes
>Cover Your Tracks automatically when it is executed."
>
>You can download the program from the Web page.  (Beware the onslaught of
>pop-up ads; Geocities is getting downright awful this way.)
>
>BTW, I was pleasantly surprised when I checked out this page to find that
>the proprietors of "Fat-Free Software" -- the outfit behind Cover Your
>Tracks -- were two local high school students, one of whom attends the
>Center for Advanced Technologies (http://www.cat.pinellas.k12.fl.us/) in St.
>Petersburg with my older son.
>
>
>
>
>Shirl Kennedy
>Internet Waves columnist -- Information Today
>Best Bet Internet:  Reference and Research When You Don't Have Time to Mess
>Around
>http://www.ala.org/editions/openstacks/bestbet/index.html
>
>
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