persistent private browsing ?

persistent private browsing ?

Amos Shapira amos.shapira at gmail.com
Wed Nov 18 04:07:12 IST 2015


Tell me about it :)
I used to work for an Australian startup which makes money from just doing
this (and a few other tricks) - threatmetrix.com

On 18 November 2015 at 07:46, E.S. Rosenberg <esr+linux-il at g.jct.ac.il>
wrote:

> BTW The plugins/addons/language preferences you use and advertise to
> the website actually help identify you too... depending on how
> standard or non-standard your settings are just your browser agent and
> http headers may be enough of a fingerprint....
>
> 2015-11-17 14:19 GMT+02:00 Rabin Yasharzadehe <rabin at rabin.io>:
> > In my case for each new Chrome session I install `ublock origin` , which
> > allow you to backup your setting to a file.
> > but you may find where the plugin save it configuration and re-apply them
> > after chrome start.
> >
> > I also now about `proxy switchysharp` which allow you to export it
> > configurations.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Rabin
> >
> > On 17 November 2015 at 12:52, Erez D <erez0001 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Rabin Yasharzadehe <rabin at rabin.io>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> That's right, Incognito/Privet Browsing mode share the same session.
> >>> this is why you need to create a new profile for each case.
> >>>
> >>> Chrome & Firefox can be configure to run with pre-installed addons,
> >>> but you may need to configure them if needed.
> >>> but there some extension which allow you to export there settings (so
> >>> maybe you can automate the import ?).
> >>
> >> do you know which ?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Rabin
> >>>
> >>> On 17 November 2015 at 11:19, Erez D <erez0001 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> you are correct
> >>>>
> >>>> however, it is  needed to re-configire each and every profile -
> plugins,
> >>>> master password etc
> >>>>
> >>>> would be nice to have different profiles with some common settings, on
> >>>> different tabs on same window ...
> >>>>
> >>>> btw, i found that even 'private browsing' is not so private as if you
> >>>> open multiple tabs or windows of private browsing, they all share the
> same
> >>>> cookies.
> >>>> the only thing different about private browsing is that the cookies
> are
> >>>> deleted when all the private browsing sessions end.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 5:53 PM, E.S. Rosenberg <esr at g.jct.ac.il>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If I'm not mistaken you should be able to accomplish this by starting
> >>>>> Firefox with a different profile.... (firefox -P or firefox
> --profile)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 2015-11-15 10:36 GMT+02:00 Efraim Flashner <efraim at flashner.co.il>:
> >>>>> > I'm using privacy badger to block the following aspects of the
> >>>>> > different ads, including facebook. Doesn't sandbox them, but does
> keep them
> >>>>> > all from following me around the web.  I'm also using privoxy with
> tor to
> >>>>> > pass my browser traffic through tor, but that's not really going
> to make a
> >>>>> > difference in relation to your question.
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 10:26:18 +0200
> >>>>> > Rabin Yasharzadehe <rabin at rabin.io> wrote:
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >> I'm using chrome and launch it with a new DATADIR each time. (see
> >>>>> >> here
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> <
> http://blog.rabin.io/linux/start-chrome-temp-profile-with-preinstalled-extension
> >
> >>>>> >> )
> >>>>> >> useful for sites which need flash.
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> I was having problems downloading the CRX files so now i just
> point
> >>>>> >> them
> >>>>> >> directly in the config file
> >>>>> >> and each new Chrome run will download them.
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> --
> >>>>> >> Rabin
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> On 15 November 2015 at 10:18, Erez D <erez0001 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> > Hello
> >>>>> >> >
> >>>>> >> > Today browsers support Private Browsing mode (e.g. sandbox) .
> >>>>> >> > however,
> >>>>> >> > when i close that window, all it's data is lost, next time i
> will
> >>>>> >> > again
> >>>>> >> > need to supply my login, password, etc
> >>>>> >> >
> >>>>> >> > What i want, is a way to sandbox a site (e.g. facebook), and
> >>>>> >> > reopen it
> >>>>> >> > tomorrow in the same sandbox. i.e. when i am going to a web page
> >>>>> >> > not from
> >>>>> >> > that sandbox, if that web page includes pages from facebook, it
> >>>>> >> > will not be
> >>>>> >> > able to track my facebook identity as i login to facebook only
> >>>>> >> > from the
> >>>>> >> > sandbox.
> >>>>> >> >
> >>>>> >> > the only way i can do it right now is by accessing facebook
> from a
> >>>>> >> > different browser than the rest of the pages.
> >>>>> >> >
> >>>>> >> > however there are many websites (facebook, google twiter etc.)
> and
> >>>>> >> > i do
> >>>>> >> > not have so many browsers
> >>>>> >> >
> >>>>> >> > is there a way to open a private browsing page, and be able to
> >>>>> >> > access it
> >>>>> >> > again after reopening the browser ?
> >>>>> >> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > --
> >>>>> > Efraim Flashner   <efraim at flashner.co.il>   אפרים פלשנר
> >>>>> > GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D  14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351
> >>>>> > Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received
> >>>>> > unencrypted
> >>>>> >
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