Are containers still necessary? Does the Firefox built in privacy (Strict privacy protection policy) provide same or similar functionality?
Containers are necessary to provide account segmentation.
Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)
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Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)
#112Containers are a killer feature for Firefox, like having adblocking that works on mobile (unlike on Chrome). Just need containers on the mobile version.
>having adblocking that works on mobile
I thought you couldn't install adblock addons (uBlock Matrix) on mobile Firefox?
Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)
#113Don't forget, you can still use multiple profiles. I have multiple shortcuts setup, each starting FF with a different profile. Within a profile, I use containers to further partition things. edit: for instance, I have a 'banking' profile with containers for each bank, brokerage, etc. The profile is totally separate from my 'general browsing' profile, so nothing can be sniffed. And the containers allow me to partition…
What benefit do you get from starting another Firefox instance with a different profile compared to simply using a different container in the same instance?
The ability to configure browser and extension settings differently for different profiles, plus different history/cookie for each.
This is nice for experimenting with changes to umatrix settings without having results "pollute" my long-lived container storage.
Also nice as a relief valve for when I don't won't to deal with my locked-down default settings, and just want to open up a site with everything enabled in a temporary container that gets blown away when I'm done.
Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)
#114The real gem is this extension: Temporary Containers https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-con... Basically every new tab is a new temporary container. Isolation all the time, by default. It's an added exercise for the reader, but you have to go into the settings of the extension and modify some of the mouse behavior. Basically if I want a link I click to share the same container as the parent, I C…
I use this as well and it's quite good.
The only thing I sometimes have a problem with is when going through a payment flow using PayPal and forgetting to open the site in a persistent container. Many sites will fail to process the payment on the redirect back to the site as it ends up in another container.
I haven't looked recently, but I didn't see an option to open a site in an existing temporary container based on domain if there is one already open which I believe would solve this.
Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)
#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you considered using a password manager? With 1Password I'm able to save all logins for my AWS accounts and then just select the appropriate one when logging in.
I use pass (password-store). I haven't added any firefox plugin to manage that for me. So I always go back to the terminal for copy/pasting the details.
I could suggest browserpass. It should be clever enough, at least with search.
Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)
#116Firefox Containers is a great feature that deserves more credits. This feature allows us to avoid tracking, while at the same time ensuring the convenience of use and does not require the user to change their habits. Do you want to limit facebook? Create the container, set the default facebook.com opening in it, and use the browser as before. This should be a standard feature in any browser.
Not a container user so I hope you don't mind me asking, how is this different to opening facebook in new private tab/window? Is the convenience in the act of automatically opening it in container if you type in facebook.com or follow a link to it?
Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)
#117Do any Safari users miss containers and why?
It looks like tabs in private window (which are isolated in Safari) fulfill the role of temporary containers almost identically.
Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)
#118Are containers still necessary? Does the Firefox built in privacy (Strict privacy protection policy) provide same or similar functionality?
I wrote up a quick email to friends/family at the beginning of the pandemic about Firefox containers in regards to the vaccine signups that were occurring. Since there was site isolation you could get as many “slots” as you were willing to solve capchas. Most of my friends and family were vaccinated because of this feature. A bunch say they use it now a days for normal site isolation but I did at least convert some p…
Wouldn't a private window achieve the same?
Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)
#119The only thing I would love to see for containers is some sort of VPN that lets you connect through a different server on a specific container, and potentially isolated web history between containers. Then if I'm live streaming my browser to online strangers, one of the suggestions should be for anything personal (or if streaming to relatives / co-workers you don't expose your online life, which can be problematic to…
Hey there! I'm one of the devs on this project. We made some progress last year on per-container proxy support. Follow this issue for (hopefully soon) progress here: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/pull/190...
Great stuff!
Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)
#120Firefox Containers is a great feature that deserves more credits. This feature allows us to avoid tracking, while at the same time ensuring the convenience of use and does not require the user to change their habits. Do you want to limit facebook? Create the container, set the default facebook.com opening in it, and use the browser as before. This should be a standard feature in any browser.
Not a container user so I hope you don't mind me asking, how is this different to opening facebook in new private tab/window? Is the convenience in the act of automatically opening it in container if you type in facebook.com or follow a link to it?
what you mention is one advantage, another example is that you are not limited to 2 contexts (private tab & non-private tab vs as many containers as you need).
Related to the advantage you mention is also the reverse: clicking a non-facebook link from the facebook container can (if you want) open a non-facebook container