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  • #10426

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Opened Dec 18, 2013 by cypherpunks@cypherpunks

"new identity" button causes in-progress downloads to be aborted

I recently upgraded my Tor Browser Bundle from the previous stable 2.5.x series to 3.5 rc1.

It seems the behavior of the Torbutton menu "new identity" command has change. Previously, if a download was in progress (using the Firefox download manager), it continued unaffected (using the old circuit, presumably) after "new identity" had been clicked.

In 3.5 rc1, any in-progress downloads are aborted if you click "new identity".

I preferred the old behavior. In the new version, the user is forced to wait until any downloads have completed before switching to a new identity. Users may be tempted to continue using an old identity in situations where this might compromise their anonymity, so as to allow a download to complete.

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Reference: tpo/applications/torbutton#10426