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Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by codethief » Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 6:19 PM UTC

satya71 wrote: post #100

aggronn wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm also doing this in chrome. I have about 5 different profiles, aliased to things like `chrome-work`, `chrome-personal`, `chrome-dev', etc. I would love to use FF, but iirc FF doesn't provide something like `firefox --profile=someIdentifier` that opens a new window in my desired profile. edit: Apparently this is bad info. I'll have to give it a try again.

It does. `firefox -no-remote -P `

I used to always include `--no-remote` here but it seems `firefox -P ` now works, too, even when another Firefox instance is already running. Is anyone experiencing the same?

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by jmnicolas » Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 6:20 PM UTC

mrbonner wrote: post #99

I recently switched to Edge on my iphone because it has adblock by default. Firefox doesn't have the adblocking ability. Then, I switched to Edge on my MacOS as well because I want to maintain my bookmarks sync between the 2 devices. I would definitely go back to Firefox if it has adblock in iOS.

The best adblocking extension is uBlock origin and is available on Firefox Android and desktop. I can't speak for iOS though.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by timvdalen » Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 6:20 PM UTC

jacksonlango wrote: post #102

moritonal wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use it to split my work and my personal GitHub accounts!

Do you use windows? I found that having multiple GitHub account is infuriating on windows because it forces you to go into an obscure security manager to delete a record in order to switch which account your using. Never found a way around it.

I had never heard of this so I just tried to reproduce this - I have no trouble logging into two separate GitHub accounts in different Chrome profiles. What makes Firefox profiles different?

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by jdeibele » Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 6:21 PM UTC

JadoJodo wrote: post #23

A few others: - Temporary Containers[0] - Google Container[1] - Google Container w/ Integrations (YouTube, AdTech, Apps, etc)[2] - Reddit Container[3] There are a few others[4] as well, but I've found the Temporary Containers solves the 80%. -- [0] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-con... [1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-contai... [2] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en…

The issue with this was using multiple Google identities. The Google Container Extension would want to open any other Google sites in the same container.

I wanted to keep the soccer club administrator, school website, etc. Google identities separate and distinct.

Perhaps things have changed and this isn't an issue anymore. What I did was create an identity (soccer, PTA) for each gmail account and set defaults for google.com, YouTube.com, etc.

Having MTTSCPresident@gmail.com is really nice for being able to give someone else the password and let them take over the account when your term is done.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by phjesusthatguy3 » Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 6:22 PM UTC

mmcclure wrote: post #34

I use Firefox multi-account containers[1] extensively, it's honestly the primary reason I use Firefox these days. The big win for me is that I _hate_ having to use the Google account switcher, so I basically set up a container for each Gmail account (work, personal, old email, etc). The nice bonus feature is you can have certain sites default to containers. I had a paid YouTube account for a while, for example, so ha…

I use Chrome on Windows 10 at work because we're a gsuite shop and that's just what we do (I don't do personal things on company resources). I use Firefox on Debian everywhere else because Fuck Google.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by kmundnic » Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 6:22 PM UTC

mmcclure wrote: post #34

I use Firefox multi-account containers[1] extensively, it's honestly the primary reason I use Firefox these days. The big win for me is that I _hate_ having to use the Google account switcher, so I basically set up a container for each Gmail account (work, personal, old email, etc). The nice bonus feature is you can have certain sites default to containers. I had a paid YouTube account for a while, for example, so ha…

How do you create different containers for different Gmail accounts, since the beginning of the url will be the same?

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by trey-jones » Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 6:25 PM UTC

On the one hand, I've been using Facebook exclusively in Incognito/Private mode for years. On the other hand, I haven't logged into Facebook for months. Maybe just because of the upcoming election though.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by jmnicolas » Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 6:28 PM UTC

Browser finger printing will defeat this. I wonder how prevalent it is.

Most of the sites I visit seem not to recognize me without cookies but I always wonder if it's just a "ploy" to make me feel untracked.

While I'm at it, anyone has good resources on how not to be finger printed (without going full Tor browser)? Do I have to disable Javascript?

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by JohnBooty » Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 6:29 PM UTC

I absolutely love the containers feature in general, and the Facebook one in particular.

One severe use case limitation (for me) involves using containers to separate work/home accounts. I am a developer, so I do a lot of screen sharing / presenting.

Theoretically, I could use Firefox containers to separate things into "work" and "personal."

However, all containers have a shared autocomplete history for the URL bar.

1. Suppose I visit "GirlsXXX.com" in my "Personal" container 2. The next day at work, I am screen-sharing and using my "Work" container 3. I type in "github.com" so that I can visit Github.com 4. As I type "g-i-t-h-u-b", "GirlsXXX.com" will be one of the autocomplete suggestions after I've types "g" and "gi"

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by nextos » Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 6:29 PM UTC

nicholascamera wrote: post #107

JadoJodo wrote: post #23

A few others: - Temporary Containers[0] - Google Container[1] - Google Container w/ Integrations (YouTube, AdTech, Apps, etc)[2] - Reddit Container[3] There are a few others[4] as well, but I've found the Temporary Containers solves the 80%. -- [0] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-con... [1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-contai... [2] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en…

Do not use Temporary Containers. This extension to Multi-Account Containers looks great at first -- its Automatic mode spins up a new container each time you open a new tab, then switches that tab to an existing container, should one be associated with the TLD you visit. The problem is that Temporary Containers does not delete these temporary containers. They accumulate in the MAC containers list. There is no way to…

Temporary Containers has an option "Delete no longer needed Temporary Containers" which defaults to 15 minutes, but can also be set to immediate.

Are you setting this option to something else?

Temporary Containers works really well for me. I have per domain isolation, which only breaks very very few sites (Gmail and Outlook 365). For those I have regular persistent containers. Alternatively, I can always open a new private window where I don't have this plugin active.

uBlock Origin + Temporary Containers + ClearURLs are a great setup for privacy and security. Actually, I don't need much else aside from a VPN and a few settings in my user.js.

The only thing I miss is Vimperator. Modern alternatives are full of glitches because of inherent limitations in the WebExtensions API.