Facebook Container for Firefox

Post by stonewareslord » Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 3:20 PM UTC

indiv0 wrote: post #225

cornholio wrote: post #200

Third 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…

Exactly. Why aren't all websites run in containers by default (personally I'm envisioning per-domain containers)? What benefit do we get from full-coverage containerization not being the default?

Post by djrogers » Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 8:23 PM UTC

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #379

djrogers wrote: post #370

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Most good corporate environments should be controlling what plugins they allow users to install in their browsers. For a very odd definition of the term 'good' I suppose that's may be the case. It's certainly not been in any place I've worked in the past 20 yrs.

I can't vouch for the security of any place you've worked in the past 20 years. But suffice to say, it's very common for Chrome extensions to be able to both modify any content on websites you view and read data you enter into them. Both adware and spyware is prolific on the Chrome Web Store, and it's the number one infection vector I see. Controlling extensions is downright basic competency for network security. Wit…

Post by calvinbhai » Wed, Apr 25, 2018, 1:29 AM UTC

eugeniub wrote: post #325

calvinbhai wrote: post #322

Have been using Ghostery on Safari for quite some time, and I dont see how this Facebook Container can be anywhere close to what Ghostery provides. The number of trackers on any website, is just mind blowing. I believe Ghostery works with all browsers and I strongly suggest everyone use it, in addition to what ever ad blocker, container, VPN service you intend to use, even if you are using Facebook Container for Fire…

Ghostery has a shady history of selling data it collects on you to advertising companies. The data collection feature was previously called Ghostrank, and now it's called Human Web. I'm not sure what Ghostery does with the data since it got acquired by Cliqz in 2017, but I'd be careful.