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Sites might use IP address information to guess that the sessions are correlated. But they can do that whether or not the connection remains open.
by roca 6y ago
Sites might use IP address information to guess that the sessions are correlated. But they can do that whether or not the connection remains open.
- eternalban 6y agoSure, but this removes any guess work on their end. It's the same connection.
- dagenix 6y agoDo you have evidence that connections opened in non-private mode are re-used in private mode?
- eternalban 6y ago>> Sites might use IP address information to guess that the sessions are correlated. But they can do that whether or not the connection remains open. [emphasis added] Responding to OP's "whether or not the connection remains open". IFF it remains open, then it's no longer a matter of correlating.
- dagenix 6y agoThere is nothing to correlate unless the connection is actually re-used in private mode. Merely leaving an unused connection open doesn't change much of anything.
- eternalban 6y agoWhy are you belaboring the obvious? Are you simply after arguments? Of course, the concern is switching to private mode and visiting the same site. What else?
- dagenix 6y agoNeither you or anyone else that I've seen have provided any evidence that the same connection is re-used. Imagine this scenario: 1. User visits a site in normal mode. Browser opens connection A. Browser uses connection A to fetch the site. Browser leaves connection A open. 2. User opens private mode. User visits the same site. Browser opens connection B to fetch the site. How does it matter that connection A was left open if some other connection was used to fetch the site in private mode? If that's not the case, then its a big deal - but that requires some sort of evidence and not just wild hand waving that it could be the case.
- eternalban 6y agoAm I to understand you do not know what “IFF” means? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_and_only_if https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_and_only_if
- dagenix 6y agoIff it remains open is irrelevant. It's only relevant iff it is reused - and I'm still waiting for evidence of that.