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Is it possible that bookmarks in the Tor browser compromise your security?

People say that Browser extensions compromise your security are this risk also possible with bookmarks?

Does bookmarking expose in any way your location or computer information while browsing?

If bookmarks compromise your security what would be the better alternative to bookmarking besides copy and past?

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    If the url you are bookmarking doesn't contain any trackable information, then it shouldn't compromise your security
    – nobody
    yesterday
  • Why do you think that a URL alone would compromise your security? Why are you comparing a saved URL to a browser extension, which is a mini-program installed in your browser?
    – schroeder ♦
    yesterday
  • I’m voting to close this question because it's based on a faulty premise with an undefined risk. Please explain what you want to secure against and why you think bookmarks, in particular, pose a risk or a concern.
    – schroeder ♦
    15 hours ago
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    @Apoliticalboy Bookmarks do not compromise anything, because bookmark information is not sent when doing requests (it is the same as typing/pasting the URL), and no code is being ran (as is the case with extensions). Unless (as @nobody mentioned) the URLs that you have bookmarked contain tracking information (from stuff like ?utm_source=facebook to complex fingerprinting ids).
    – liakoyras
    6 hours ago
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    Just to add, the reason extensions are discouraged with the tor browser is that they modify the way your browser behaves - and by extension, its fingerprint - which makes it easier to track you across sessions and deanonymize you. Bookmarks are just saved urls that do none of that.
    – nobody
    5 hours ago

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