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Do you have evidence that connections opened in non-private mode are re-used in private mode?
by dagenix 6y ago
Do 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.