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Actually, not about goole cache, but about internet explorer cache.

Internet Explorer keeps a track of every web set you have visited
for the last 20 days.

In IE, if you click on the small round 'clock' icon about half way along
the list of icons at the top a frame will appear on the left showing all
the sites you have visited.

It also lists the 'google' searches you have done, listed under
www.google.com.

This information could be damaging in the wrong hands.

To remove it, in IE select the option 'Tools' then 'Internet Options'.

On the 'General' tab select the 'Clear History' button.

While there it is also worth pressing the 'Delete Cookies' button,
and the 'Delete Files' button.

Note this does NOT remove all evidence of the sites you have visited,
but it is a start.

Windows Media Player also keeps a track of movies/songs played.

Could be a bit embaressing when the list shows 'Fuck_Me_Movie'
or some such title.

To see what I mean, open the Windows Media Player, and select File
menu and see list of recent files played.

To clear this list chose 'Tools' then 'Options' and select 'Privacy' tab.

Press the buttons 'Clear History' and 'Clear Caches'

To stop media player keeping a list of files you have played then
deselect the option 'Save file and URL history in the player'.

(If 'File' is not shown on your media player select the triangle icon
in the top right of the media player and select 'Show menu Bar').

Windows also keeps a list of documents you have looked at.

To see these select the 'Start' menu and see the 'Documents'
menu option.

To clear this list, right click on 'Start' at the bottom, and from
the small menu choose 'Properties'.

Chose the 'Customize' button then press the 'Clear' button to
remove all the documents from the list.

Adaware is very good a listing places where 'personal' information
is kept.

It lists these as 'Negligible Objects'.

These can be things like lists of recently opened objects in Word
or Real Player and other applications.

These can all be removed with a single click.

Your forgetting one thing

Everything is retrievable if you have the right software not to mention your ISP keeps a permanent record of all IPs you've visited

Personally I'd just ditch the girlfriend,mistress,wife & family,or who ever would roast you alive if they learned your little secret.Their the ones that need to change not you IMHO

Who wants to live with the paranoia of "being found out"

cheers
B....OZ

Not just a state of mind but also a function of Tweakui.
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Mart

As a matter of privacy, ISP's do not keep a list of all IP's visited or the contents of emails. The only thing that is kept for verification purposes are email headers, mainly so they can prove traffic was routed correctly - it can also be used to prove it was delivered in case of a dispute or in legal cases where an isp has been served with a warrant in order to trace libellous or threatening emails.

ISP's don't monitor sites visited because in Europe it violates the Human Rights act and is an invasion of privacy. Also they don't want to get into the act of spying as like newsgroups/site-hosts, what you don't monitor they are not legally responsible for. The only way your traffic can be monitored is if it comes to light from some tip off or part of an ongoing investigation that you are using your connection for illegal activities, then a court order can be obtained to monitor. The authorities like you to think they can track web activity, but the volume of traffic is too large and the amount of storage/time to back up every site every person visits just isn't a feasible or legal option.

The only logs of web activity are on the sites you visit, but they can be overcome with the use of a proxy.

The piece of software used by LEA's worldwide (including UK) is called Encase - written by Guidance Software this software can locate all files deleted from your PC - but it is easily defeated by using products like Evidence Eliminator or other programs that overwrite files rather than mark them as deleted - even overwriting a file 2 times makes it virtually unrecoverable - the US DOD recommendation is 7 times.