[tor-bugs] #10969 [Tor]: Set of guard nodes can act as a linkability fingerprint

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#10969: Set of guard nodes can act as a linkability fingerprint
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     Reporter:  asn      |      Owner:
         Type:  task     |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal   |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.6.x-final
    Component:  Tor      |    Version:
   Resolution:           |   Keywords:  tor-client, tor-guards,
Actual Points:           |  026-triaged-1
       Points:           |  Parent ID:  #11480
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Tails appears to be about to add persistent guard support without
 addressing the location linkability issue at all:
 https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-May/003113.html :(

 See also "[tor-talk] Location-aware persistent guards" thread from 2012:
 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2012-October/025975.html

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