Idle lock based privacy preserving secured web browser

Abstract

Providing security for an idle browser is a critical task. Now a day's Web browser has become a very important tool for day to day life in Internet world. Keeping the importance of users privacy, users private information must be secured with the help of a strong unbreakable security feature, otherwise one can easily violate user's privacy. A secured mini size Web browser - named TurtleMini is developed and tested for its performance under various test conditions. This paper proposes the concept of browser lock is introduced based on the idle time as per user choice by the user at the time of opening the browser. The idea of this security service is to provide a 4-digit pin while starting the browser, while using the browser if the user left the system idle for certain time then the browser locks and ask the user to enter the password to continue browsing. Hence other users cannot access the contents of the former user. The Privacy Preserving Secured Web Browser Turtle Mini is simulated and the test results show that the proposed system is secured and flexible. The feedback is collected from various user communities and is presented. Turtle Mini works even without lock time for general browsing purpose by proceeding without lock option. This browser offers general features like any other popular browsers such as bookmarks, browsing history, progress bar etc. with less memory.