[tor-bugs] #31514 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Clean up profile directory during New Identity

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#31514: Clean up profile directory during New Identity
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     Reporter:  gk                   |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  enhancement          |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium               |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor     |    Version:
  Browser                            |   Keywords:  tbb-disk-leak, tbb-
     Severity:  Normal               |  newnym
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 At CCCamp 2019 a cypherpunk approached me proposing that we try to clean
 up the profile directory as well as good as we can during New Identity.

 I think I like the general idea of doing a more aggressive cleaning (from
 time to time) in the profile directory in particular if users are
 requesting a New Identity. I am not sure yet, though, whether we want to
 have this mechanism during New Identity as this one is usually more
 concerned with stuff that is risk exposing previous browsing sessions to
 *web content*. Which is clearly not the case for worries about the profile
 directory which are concerned with a local attacker.

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