This article also appears in Global Nerdy.
I’ve always laughed at how the guys on the Internet Explorer 8 team bent over backwards trying to come up with non-porn-surfing uses for “InPrivate Browsing”, which I often refer to as “Porn Mode”. Somehow the examples they use, however practical and legitimate they are, fail to convince:
- “I want to buy a present for my wife from an online store and want to keep it a surprise.”
- “I want to check my account balance from an internet cafe while I’m on holiday.”
But this Post Secret postcard shows a believable use case for “Porn Mode” on browsers:
