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An Analysis of Private Browsing Modes in Modern Browsers

Gaurav Aggarwal, Elie Bursztein, Collin Jackson and Dan Boneh · usenix.org

Defines threat models for private browsing against both a local observer and the visited site, then measures what the four major browsers actually deliver. It finds inconsistent and often weaker protection than claimed, shows browser extensions routinely undermine the mode, and measures private-browsing use in the wild.

Record

Researcher

Gaurav Aggarwal, Elie Bursztein, Collin Jackson and Dan Boneh

Published by

usenix.org

Topic

Browser

In the archive

• Collected in the 2010 research round

Tags

• measurement-study
• browser-extension
• info-leak
• cookie
• side-channel
• formal-analysis
• detection
• owasp-a07-2021
• owasp-a09-2021

This page is the archive's own catalogue record. The research is the work of Gaurav Aggarwal, Elie Bursztein, Collin Jackson and Dan Boneh, first published at the original source. Preserved copies are kept so the citation survives its host; this one was last captured on 17 August 2026.