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Re: [tor-bugs] #18382 [Tor Browser]: Private browsing retains state
#18382: Private browsing retains state
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Reporter: cypherpunks | Owner: tbb-team
Type: defect | Status: reopened
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Tor Browser | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Actual Points:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):
I find no value in your feature request. There are many more
linkability/fingerprinting vectors than history, cookies and cache. If you
think google/nsa/etc won't be able to link you if you clear just these,
you are wrong.
I recommend you read Tor browser design document. It's outdated in some
areas but should illustrate the point nicely.
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/
> "New identity" is a browser restart and loses all open tabs/windows.
New Identity is not a restart. The window is closed and re-opened, but the
browser does not restart.
Unless you're fond of security theater I believe you should just improve
your browsing habits and simply use New Identity (or perhaps more than one
Tor Browser). Yeah it's a pain to lose currently open tabs, but really
that just shows that you're not properly compartmentalizing your browsing
into segregated identities.
Yours is a convenience issue, not a security one, and has been raised long
ago and eventually dismissed: #10400.
Here's another somewhat related ticket: #17594.
I would close this as invalid or wontfix.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18382#comment:6>
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