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This excerpt from the article describes the risk well. > In Firefox Private Browsing mode, the identifier can also persist after all private windows are closed

This excerpt from the article describes the risk well. > In Firefox Private Browsing mode, the identifier can also persist after all private windows are closed, as long as the Firefox process remains running. In Tor Browser, the stable identifier persists even through the "New Identity" feature, which is designed to be a full reset that clears cookies and browser history and uses new Tor circuits.

fc417fc802 5mo ago
I wonder why "New Identity" wasn't implemented as a fork-and-exec with a newly created profile?
- vscode-rest 5mo ago
  Follow the money.
  - permo-w 5mo ago
    Seriously. TOR is primarily funded by the US government. Maybe this or not all bugs are deliberately left in for the sake of allowing backdoors, but people should not forget this
  - tardedmeme 5mo ago
    Or it could just be a bug.