#17367: Swap files can contain evidence of browsing history --------------------------------------+-------------------------- Reporter: arthuredelstein | Owner: tbb-team Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Medium | Milestone: Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version: Severity: Major | Resolution: Keywords: tbb-disk-leak | Actual Points: Parent ID: #17208 | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: --------------------------------------+-------------------------- Description changed by arthuredelstein:
Old description: > Two forensic reports describe extracting Tor Browser browsing history > from a Windows pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys: > > See > http://computerforensicsblog.champlain.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/05 > /Uncovering-the-Covered-Tracks-Finding-What%E2%80%99s-Left-Behind-Saliba- > Landry-5-19-2014.pdf#33 > and > http://www.dfrws.org/2015eu/proceedings/DFRWS-EU-2015-short- > presentation-1.pdf#16 > > Is there any way we can programmatically clean up the pagefile on New > Identity and/or browser exit? What about OS X and Linux? New description: Two forensic reports describe extracting Tor Browser browsing history from a Windows pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys: See http://computerforensicsblog.champlain.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/05 /Uncovering-the-Covered-Tracks-Finding-What%E2%80%99s-Left-Behind-Saliba- Landry-5-19-2014.pdf#33 and https://web.archive.org/web/20160403075329/http://dfrws.org/2015eu/proceedings /DFRWS-EU-2015-short-presentation-1.pdf#16 Is there any way we can programmatically clean up the pagefile on New Identity and/or browser exit? What about OS X and Linux? -- -- Ticket URL: <https://troodi.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/17367#comment:8> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online _______________________________________________ tor-bugs mailing list tor-bugs@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-bugs