Exploring the protection of private browsing in desktop browsers
Authors: Tsalis, N., Mylonas, A., Nisioti, A., Gritzalis, D. and Katos, V.
Journal: Computers and Security
Volume: 67
Pages: 181-197
ISSN: 0167-4048
DOI: 10.1016/j.cose.2017.03.006
Abstract:Desktop browsers have introduced private browsing mode, a security control which aims to protect users' data that are generated during a private browsing session by not storing them in the filesystem. As the Internet becomes ubiquitous, the existence of this security control is beneficial to users, since privacy violations are increasing, while users tend to be more concerned about their privacy when browsing the web in a post-Snowden era. In this context, this work examines the protection that is offered by the private browsing mode of the most popular desktop browsers in Windows (i.e., Chrome, Firefox, IE and Opera). Our experiments uncover occasions in which even if users browse the web with a private session, privacy violations exist contrary to what is documented by the browser. To raise the bar of privacy protection that is offered by web browsers, we propose the use of a virtual filesystem as the storage medium of browsers' cache data. We demonstrate with a case study how this countermeasure protects users from the privacy violations, which are previously identified in this work.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/27850/
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Exploring the protection of private browsing in desktop browsers
Authors: Tsalis, N., Mylonas, A., Nisioti, A., Gritzalis, D. and Katos, V.
Journal: COMPUTERS & SECURITY
Volume: 67
Pages: 181-197
eISSN: 1872-6208
ISSN: 0167-4048
DOI: 10.1016/j.cose.2017.03.006
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/27850/
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Exploring the protection of private browsing in desktop browsers
Authors: Tsalis, N., Mylonas, A., Nisioti, A., Gritzalis, D. and Katos, V.
Journal: Computers and Security
ISSN: 1872-6208
Abstract:Desktop browsers have introduced private browsing mode, a security control which aims to protect users’ data that are generated during a private browsing session, by not storing them in the file system. As the Internet becomes ubiquitous, the existence of this security control is beneficial to users,since privacy violations are increasing, while users tend to be more concerned about their privacy when browsing the web in a post-Snowden era.
In this context, this work examines the protection that is offered by the private browsing mode of the most popular desktop browsers in Windows (i.e.,Chrome, Firefox, IE and Opera).Our experiments uncover occasions in which even if users browse the web with a private session,privacy violations exist contrary to what is documented by the browser.To raise the bar of privacy protection that is offered by web browsers,we propose the use of a virtual filesystem as the storage medium of browsers’ cache data.
We demonstrate with a case study how this countermeasure protects users from the privacy violations, which are previously identified in this work.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/27850/
Source: Manual
Exploring the protection of private browsing in desktop browsers.
Authors: Tsalis, N., Mylonas, A., Nisioti, A., Gritzalis, D. and Katos, V.
Journal: Comput. Secur.
Volume: 67
Pages: 181-197
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/27850/
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Exploring the protection of private browsing in desktop browsers
Authors: Tsalis, N., Mylonas, A., Nisioti, A., Gritzalis, D. and Katos, V.
Journal: Computers and Security
Volume: 67
Issue: June
Pages: 181-197
ISSN: 0167-4048
Abstract:Desktop browsers have introduced private browsing mode, a security control which aims to protect users’ data that are generated during a private browsing session, by not storing them in the file system. As the Internet becomes ubiquitous, the existence of this security control is beneficial to users,since privacy violations are increasing, while users tend to be more concerned about their privacy when browsing the web in a post-Snowden era.
In this context, this work examines the protection that is offered by the private browsing mode of the most popular desktop browsers in Windows (i.e.,Chrome, Firefox, IE and Opera).Our experiments uncover occasions in which even if users browse the web with a private session,privacy violations exist contrary to what is documented by the browser.To raise the bar of privacy protection that is offered by web browsers,we propose the use of a virtual filesystem as the storage medium of browsers’ cache data.
We demonstrate with a case study how this countermeasure protects users from the privacy violations, which are previously identified in this work.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/27850/
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