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=Anonymous Browsing Mode= | =Anonymous Browsing Mode= | ||
Unlike Private Browsing, which mainly attempts to protect a user from a local attacker, Anonymous Browsing will serve to minimize the amount of identifying data that is available to a remote (web or network) attacker (for example, consider the EFF | Unlike Private Browsing, which mainly attempts to protect a user from a local attacker, Anonymous Browsing will serve to minimize the amount of identifying data that is available to a remote (web or network) attacker (for example, consider the EFF [http://panopticlick.eff.org/ panopticlick project]). The main motivations behind such a mode are to prevent user tracking and fingerprinting, but there are many use cases. | ||
== Scope of this Document == | == Scope of this Document == | ||
This working document will serve as an explanation of '''why''' users will want Anonymous Browsing, '''how''' such a mode would behave and '''what''' will need to be different in this mode from regular browsing sessions for such a mode to be useful. | This working document will serve as an explanation of '''why''' users will want Anonymous Browsing, '''how''' such a mode would behave and '''what''' will need to be different in this mode from regular browsing sessions for such a mode to be useful. | ||
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|''Driver'': || [[User:Sidstamm|Sid Stamm]] | |||
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|''Status'': || Brainstorming | |||
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|''Started'': || 24-June-2010 | |||
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=Use Cases= | =Use Cases= | ||