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Re: Multi-Account Containers

#31

Post by M2Ys4U »

icapybara wrote: post #11

I tried to like this the other day but it was a real hassle. I have 3 accounts on a website. I thought I could setup 3 different containers, one for each account. But it turns out that switching between containers is not simple. Whenever I tried to switch, I got a pop up from Firefox asking me if I was really sure I wanted to switch my default container for that website. Sometimes it sent me into a redirect loop with…

I think this only happens if you use the "Always open this site in container" function.

I use MACs with a bunch of different AWS accounts for work, and the only papercut is having to right-click my bookmarks and choosing which container to open the console in (as opposed to having MACs integrated with bookmarks themselves)

Re: Multi-Account Containers

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Post by mmm332312 »

icapybara wrote: post #11

I tried to like this the other day but it was a real hassle. I have 3 accounts on a website. I thought I could setup 3 different containers, one for each account. But it turns out that switching between containers is not simple. Whenever I tried to switch, I got a pop up from Firefox asking me if I was really sure I wanted to switch my default container for that website. Sometimes it sent me into a redirect loop with…

You absolutely can. Open a new tab of containerA and login. Open a new tab of containerB and login with a different account. I think there's an option somewhere that allows you to select "always open [website] in [container]" which might be triggering that popup.

Re: Multi-Account Containers

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Post by mech422 »

slickdork wrote: post #27

I've been using this for a few years now and love it. I wish for two things. 1) i wish there was a way to automatically delete cookies/cache/history from specific containers every time. My personal container needs cookies and logins saved. My other containers don't need persistent cookies. 2) I've always wished for protonvpn to apply to only specific containers. Reading this now though, I see firefox's VPN does that…

I combine containers with profiles to achieve this... I have totally separate profiles for: 'temp' (delete everything on close) 'shopping' (containers for my common stores) 'finance' (containers for banks, etc)

Gives a lot of flexibility, and I'm a lot less nervous opening stuff in 'temp' session when I know everything else is safely in totally different profiles/directories.

Re: Multi-Account Containers

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Post by yipeedipee »

slickdork wrote: post #27

I've been using this for a few years now and love it. I wish for two things. 1) i wish there was a way to automatically delete cookies/cache/history from specific containers every time. My personal container needs cookies and logins saved. My other containers don't need persistent cookies. 2) I've always wished for protonvpn to apply to only specific containers. Reading this now though, I see firefox's VPN does that…

What you want is the Temporary Containers addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/temporary-con...

It will let you open containers that trash cookies on close. You can also set certain URL's to always open in a tmp container which is useful for sites that only let you read x amount of article per month.

Re: Multi-Account Containers

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Post by sickmartian »

slickdork wrote: post #27

I've been using this for a few years now and love it. I wish for two things. 1) i wish there was a way to automatically delete cookies/cache/history from specific containers every time. My personal container needs cookies and logins saved. My other containers don't need persistent cookies. 2) I've always wished for protonvpn to apply to only specific containers. Reading this now though, I see firefox's VPN does that…

for 1) do look into the temporary containers extension.

Re: Multi-Account Containers

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Post by ckastner »

slickdork wrote: post #27

I've been using this for a few years now and love it. I wish for two things. 1) i wish there was a way to automatically delete cookies/cache/history from specific containers every time. My personal container needs cookies and logins saved. My other containers don't need persistent cookies. 2) I've always wished for protonvpn to apply to only specific containers. Reading this now though, I see firefox's VPN does that…

Cookie AutoDelete is great for custom site-specific cookie policies and is container-aware, see

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autode...

Re: Multi-Account Containers

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Post by thomastjeffery »

dabeeeenster wrote: post #19
icapybara wrote: post #11

I tried to like this the other day but it was a real hassle. I have 3 accounts on a website. I thought I could setup 3 different containers, one for each account. But it turns out that switching between containers is not simple. Whenever I tried to switch, I got a pop up from Firefox asking me if I was really sure I wanted to switch my default container for that website. Sometimes it sent me into a redirect loop with…

Wait; what's the point of them if they're not meant to be used against the same site?!

To isolate the cookies and JavaScript of a domain from other domains.

For example, Facebook is notorious for reading third-party site cookies and vice-versa. A collection of associations (X Facebook user visited Y sites) is then sold as a portfolio for targeted advertising.

I agree this isn't the feature that provides the most utility; it's simply the one that was originally at the front of the devs' minds.

Re: Multi-Account Containers

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Post by Spunkie »

matsemann wrote: post #20
icapybara wrote: post #11

I tried to like this the other day but it was a real hassle. I have 3 accounts on a website. I thought I could setup 3 different containers, one for each account. But it turns out that switching between containers is not simple. Whenever I tried to switch, I got a pop up from Firefox asking me if I was really sure I wanted to switch my default container for that website. Sometimes it sent me into a redirect loop with…

What you're describing is the main use case for this. Are you sure you're using it correctly? You're not supposed to change default container for that webpage all the time or anything like that. I for instance have a bookmark for a page. I right click it and select which container to opening it in. I often open it in different containers, have different tabs of it open at the same time etc.

I went through the same process when I tried it a few weeks ago for multiple GitHub accounts.

I also uninstalled the extension after fumbling around with it for 5-10 minutes and not being able to open multiple containers of github without it forgetting what I just tried to setup or constantly bugging me about switching the default container.

Re: Multi-Account Containers

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Post by pbowyer »

I've used these for over a year. Where the experience falls short is when using OAuth flows where either the requestor or provider is in a different container.

E.g. Slack (work) => Twitter (social media) => ~~broken~~ as the redirect doesn't go back to the (work) container.

I can't think of a fix because any there is would break the privacy of containers.

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