This might have been commented already, but:
maybe have something similar for Google also? Now I'm not an expert, but ghostery/duckduckgo privacy essentials/ublock and so on "blockers" tell me that Google is responsible for a majority of the tracking
Facebook Container for Firefox
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Re: Facebook Container for Firefox
#212We'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…
You do know that this is not a "web problem". Just spend 10 minutes with your average 13yr old and see how many times they get bombed in the face with one of those interstitial ads.
Also it is easier to root your phone with a malicious app than with a web page. Heck, if you are an app developer why even bother to root phones when you can just do whatever you want, after all if the user does not give you all-in permissions you won't even let the app run.
Re: Facebook Container for Firefox
#213Earlier quoted context omitted.
Any problems? For example, CDNs are in different domains. Some ecommerce sites use payment services from other domains.
I've definitely run into problems with ecommerce sites (really just Tarsnap) and embedded iframes from 3rd party payment services, while using the Chrome equivalent of this Firefox setting.
In case it's useful: This was due to a bug in Chrome which has since been fixed. (Chrome was losing the "POST" flag when sending a redirect message between processes.)
Re: Facebook Container for Firefox
#214Its funny with all the focus on Facebook, while Google tracking is so much more widespread
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#215I hadn't used Firefox for anything practical in years except testing things of my own for compatibility. Now I launched it from a clean state, installed that extension and logged into Facebook... and it is still slow as molasses. It feels like downgrading the hardware to something 1/10th as powerful than what I'm used to. My point of comparison on this hardware is Safari, which I use for regular everyday default web browsing. It's not just Facebook on Firefox either; everything is sluggish and even typed text lags noticeably behind, which is something I hadn't experienced on anything since the iPhone 4 iOS 7 upgrade.
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#216Its funny with all the focus on Facebook, while Google tracking is so much more widespread
Google didn't elect Trump
Re: Facebook Container for Firefox
#217Firefox Containers don't seem to work in Private Mode.
Also Privacy Badger, btw.
Re: Facebook Container for Firefox
#218Earlier quoted context omitted.
When you mentioned reddit I thought you were talking about their "install the app" pop up. They have by far the worst mobile experience out of any site I've use more than once in the last 2 years.
There are at least two mobile reddit interfaces, and one of them does not do this popup junk. The other one is obtained by adding the /.compact suffix, like https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/.compact
That's great when you want to browse Reddit, but often I find Reddit an actual good source for information so I'll click the link from the search engine that then takes me to the "real mobile version" which has the popup.
Re: Facebook Container for Firefox
#219If you use Firefox Containers, including the Facebook Container, please also use Cookie AutoDelete [1] to get rid of cookies from closed tabs across containers. Otherwise, in my observation, sites will still be able to track you if you reuse a container (even after closing all tabs of that container) for a specific site. [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autode...
For some reason Firefox Containers with Cookie AutoDelete messes up with Twitter and I cannot login to Twitter. After entering user/pass I expect 2FA screen but I'm redirected to `https://twitter.com/login/error?username_or_email=...` url where I have to enter my credentials again. I'm not sure if I'm the only one.
Re: Facebook Container for Firefox
#220Third party cookies, and any way to fingerprint a specific user starting from high entropy user agents to screen resolution, font fingerprinting or canvas data, should be considered a breach of the browser security model. All sites should run in containers and no advertiser should be able to track you across sessions. When I want 3rd party interaction, I should need to opt in and connect the current site with Faceboo…
Indeed. Safari blocks 3rd party cookies by default, I see no reason why Firefox can't do the same.
The fact that they don't is a direct contradiction to their claims that they care about user privacy. The only explanation I have is that they do not want to anger their long-time money sources Google and other advertisers.