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Re: [tor-bugs] #10400 [TorBrowserButton]: Provide "New Identity" option that uses session restore

#10400: Provide "New Identity" option that uses session restore
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     Reporter:  mikeperry         |      Owner:  mikeperry
         Type:  enhancement       |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major             |  Milestone:
    Component:  TorBrowserButton  |    Version:
   Resolution:                    |   Keywords:  tbb-usability, tbb-newnym
Actual Points:                    |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:7 mikeperry]:
 > In theory, adversaries could encode identifiers in the first party urls
 stored in the session store.

 "In theory"? It's very common to put user identifiers in URLs (session IDs
 a la PHPSESSIONID, user names, user ids etc.).

 Restoring these after "new identity" would immediately link the old
 session/identity to the new one.

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