HTTP over UDP?

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HTTP over UDP?

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*Always* check the changelogs BEFORE updating that important software!
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*Always* check the changelogs BEFORE updating that important software!
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From Wikipedia -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC#QUIC wrote:Another goal of the QUIC system was to improve performance during network-switch events, like what happens when a user of a mobile device moves from a local WiFi hotspot to a mobile network. When this occurs on TCP, a lengthy process starts where every existing connection times out one-by-one and is then re-established on demand. To solve this problem, QUIC includes a connection identifier which uniquely identifies the connection to the server regardless of source. This allows the connection to be re-established simply by sending a packet, which always contains this ID, as the original connection ID will still be valid even if the user's IP address changes.
This seems like a potential privacy issue. Does it pose any privacy risk that wouldn't be there without QUIC?
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