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Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by kbenson »

zjs wrote: post #45
function_seven wrote: post #18

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Yeah, I'm not getting it after the first "Are you sure?" prompt, but that first one is annoying. I already checked the box asking to always open foo.com in a specific container. Why is it asking again? Also, I'd love to do this in my bookmarks, instead of having to visit each site and set the container one-by-one.

> I already checked the box asking to always open foo.com in a specific container. Why is it asking again? I have some sites that I almost always want to open in a specific container. Except when I don't. I suspect this double-confirmation is for people like me: I can chose between "always open this site in this container" and "always suggest opening this site in this container".

I actually have a few cases like this as well, but they are very common cases I encounter 20-30 times a day.

I thought containers were clunky too until I went looking for bug reports for the functionality I wanted (always open domain in container) and found out I just wasn't using them right.

I'm actually really impressed with how polished it is given the complexities it entails

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by mehrdadn »

guelo wrote: post #65
forapurpose wrote: post #48

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Any problems? For example, CDNs are in different domains. Some ecommerce sites use payment services from other domains.

Things will break like logging in with Google/Facebook/other OAuths that use popup window redirects, iframe services like Disqus or Facebook comments, Google's captcha will become more annoying, less local caching will happen which means slower browsing in general.

Yet another reason why you should avoid using service to log into another as much as possible.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by swsieber »

Someone1234 wrote: post #70
minot wrote: post #66

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My use case is multiple Google accounts. I can log in to multiple Google accounts at the same time in different containers and answer emails very easily.

You can be logged into multiple Google Accounts at the same time without the extension. Just click the little profile icon in the top right and click "Add Account." I'm logged into four, including a Gapps account.

Have they fixed the issues though where some of their apps only work with the primary account you're logged in with? (e.g. the first one)

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

Someone1234 wrote: post #70
minot wrote: post #66

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My use case is multiple Google accounts. I can log in to multiple Google accounts at the same time in different containers and answer emails very easily.

You can be logged into multiple Google Accounts at the same time without the extension. Just click the little profile icon in the top right and click "Add Account." I'm logged into four, including a Gapps account.

This would let Google know these accounts are affiliated with the same person on your network, whereas containers won't necessarily provide that assumption.

Right?

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by jdironman »

_jal wrote: post #64
narag wrote: post #31

We're going from cold war to all-in. Not just a privacy question. Reddit nags me every time I hit the front page, even returning from a story, asking me to log in. For most sites I need to create ublock filters to prevent pop-ups with useless "we use cookies", subscription requests, ads or social media bars that fills half the screen, etc. etc. etc. Every newspaper I read has decided that autostarting video and strea…

It is super rude, and "giving up" is the right answer - to annoying sites. Screw them. The single nicest thing you can do for yourself after an ad blocker is to get Javascript under control. I personally am using JS Blocker, which takes too much effort, but allows you to selectively load JS. There are others - I like the control JS Blocker offers, but it is a bit annoying. This is not without problems; there are site…

How about just whitelist the good guys?

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by rtkwe »

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #74
Someone1234 wrote: post #70

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You can be logged into multiple Google Accounts at the same time without the extension. Just click the little profile icon in the top right and click "Add Account." I'm logged into four, including a Gapps account.

This would let Google know these accounts are affiliated with the same person on your network, whereas containers won't necessarily provide that assumption. Right?

If they wanted to they could associate them other ways by just looking at the IP address and/or browser fingerprinting.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by JoshMnem »

0xfeba wrote: post #25
jacobsenscott wrote: post #12

I've been trying to use Firefox's containers for a while. They are pretty clunky - you need to open a blank container tab using a menu and then enter the url. I forget to do that all the time, so after some time you are just logged into everything in the "global" container, or logged in to google and twitter in the same container etc. If you check the "Always open this page in this container thing" - then it prompts…

Agreed, in Chrome I used profiles to segregate, and it worked well. Profiles in Firefox is somewhat clunky to use at the same time (I end up just using two installations). I tried containers as well, but gave up, due to reasons you describe.

It's easy to launch new Firefox profiles if you create an alias something like:

    $ alias ff='firefox -ProfileManager -no-remote &'
You can also make desktop icons that open different profiles quickly.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by madez »

rtkwe wrote: post #77
ocdtrekkie wrote: post #74

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This would let Google know these accounts are affiliated with the same person on your network, whereas containers won't necessarily provide that assumption. Right?

If they wanted to they could associate them other ways by just looking at the IP address and/or browser fingerprinting.

I assume there is no hiding from Google unless you black-hole their IPs. Also, don't let an Android device with links to Google be near you.

It'd hard to ban Google from your life even if you want ti. I think governments should help citizens achieve that when they choose so.

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