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Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by yurishimo »

helsinkiandrew wrote: post #28

Presumably if Facebook really wanted to track you they could associate requests from the same IP and request signature (user-agent/accepts etc)

This doesn't work as well though for things like university campuses or large companies where many people may be using a single IP and identical hardware.

I would bet $100 FB does geolocate your IP to determine if it's likely a single residence or a larger multi-user building, and likely tracks that, but that misses a large chunk of their user base.

Imagine the number of people who use FB as a distraction at work or in class, but might not use it as much at home.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by jahlove »

ProAm wrote: post #6
StavrosK wrote: post #4

I'm loving Firefox Containers for various use cases, but is running Google/Facebook in them worth the extra hassle if you use uBO/Privacy Badger? It blocks all that stuff anyway.

uBO barely works on facebook these days. Try and use the element picker.

Remove the Stories and "Video chat" widgets that take up so much of the top of the page:

www.facebook.com##div[aria-label="Stories"]

www.facebook.com##div[data-pagelet="Stories"]

www.facebook.com##div[data-pagelet="VideoChatHomeUnit"]

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by president »

There are still other ways they can identify you based on typing and mouse movement patterns or other heuristics and fingerprinting techniques. Or they can purchase this information from one of the many 3rd party adtech companies that are also tracking and building shadow profiles on people.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by mmcclure »

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 having any YouTube link open in my personal account was nice for not getting hit with ads on initial click due to my default Gmail not being the right one.

There's also a plugin[2] that will make any new tab default to whatever the first tab listed is. Really great for if you want to have a whole browser window dedicated to one container.

[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...

[2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sticky-window...

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by marketingtech »

This is definitely convenient for now, but the shifting browser ecosystem (along with default security changes in Safari and proposed changes in Chrome) is driving the development and adoption of server-side tracking solutions. This is great for the short-term, but I imagine it won't be relevant much longer.

There's a reason why Segment just sold for $3.2 billion... [edited to add: They offer a single integration point and will proxy your data server-side to hundreds of other companies.]

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

#36

Post by InvaderFizz »

idreyn wrote: post #24
krullix wrote: post #17

I love this Facebook container. Love to see the Facebook container mark also on other websites trying to track me. I also use the Firefox multi-account containers to set a temporary container for every new tab. To not lose logins etc I'm websites I visit frequently, I set up dedicated containers for those. Work very well. Anyone else with experience of the Firefox multi-account container extension?

Was just coming back to this thread to say I use the Multi-Account Containers extension to isolate my Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Google Search sessions from the rest of my web browsing, and I highly recommend it. The terminology is a little confusing: Containers or "Container Tabs" is a session-management tool that's baked into Firefox, while Multi-Account Containers is an extension on top of that that allows yo…

Does this work for separating Google accounts?

Right now I use safari, chrome, firefox, and edge to keep the four identities I use for different projects separate thanks to Google not playing nice at all with the GCP account you are using not being the primary Google Signin.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by jfk13 »

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #26
residentfoam wrote: post #7

Looking forward to a Google Container

Mozilla gets too much Google money to do that. I've asked for them to do a first party extension for this, and they have "no plans" to do so. Unfortunately, I don't trust a third party extension with this either.

If you don't trust a third party, how about creating your own? That should provide an answer for your trust issues.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by gruez »

wodenokoto wrote: post #30

What’s the way to set this up for custom domains? I basically only want to be logged into my mail, Facebook HN and twitch (and they don’t need to share tracking cookies) and have everything else happen in a no-cookies stored environment. But do I need a container extension for each of those sites or what is the deal here? And do I exit the container when I click a link to another domain?

multi account containers. it allows you to create containers and automatically open sites in them.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by francis_t_catte »

wodenokoto wrote: post #30

What’s the way to set this up for custom domains? I basically only want to be logged into my mail, Facebook HN and twitch (and they don’t need to share tracking cookies) and have everything else happen in a no-cookies stored environment. But do I need a container extension for each of those sites or what is the deal here? And do I exit the container when I click a link to another domain?

There's the Multi-Account Containers addon for this: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...

And also the Temporary Containers addon if you want cookies, local storage, and history cleared automatically: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-con...

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by kej »

pkage wrote: post #22

Anyone know if there's an integration with Tree Style Tabs[0]? They're a gamechanger for browsing the web, and it'd be nice to see what tabs are contained. [0]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...

In addition to showing the container color, the context menu options to reopen a tab in a container work just fine with tree style tabs.
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