TERMINOLOGY
Compartmentalization
Keeping accounts, roles, and devices apart so a leak in one does not name the others. Tor does not do that separation for you.
A reused username or the same device ties the roles back together. That is an OPSEC failure, not a Tor failure.
Category: Security
This page is a short glossary definition, not a full encyclopedia article. See the Tor glossary A–Z for the rest of the set.