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Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by jherazob »

rsync wrote: post #421
smichel17 wrote: post #276

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Anyone in the know: what would it take to implement a "container over tor"? I am not currently a tor user, but absolutely would if I could integrate it with my current workflow (using the temporary containers addon).

"Anyone in the know: what would it take to implement a "container over tor"? I am not currently a tor user, but absolutely would if I could integrate it with my current workflow (using the temporary containers addon)." This is my every-six-months wish/rant on this subject ... What we need is the ability to 'jail' a GUI browser process. It is too resource intensive to spin up an actual virtual machine to run a browser…

Have you tried Firejail? I'm not sure i'm clear on what your requirements are, but at a glance it seems to me that Firejail should do what you need, a Contained sandbox for GUI processes

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by asdff »

dheera wrote: post #310
asdff wrote: post #260

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

Do you still need Facebook container if you use Multi-Account Container? This is confusing. I haven't used Firefox in years but the idea of containers sounds awesome. I just wish the UI was a little less confusing.

No. Facebook container is basically a fork of multi account container that only quarantines facebook. It's meant for less technical people who might not want to set up their own filtering rules on multi account container.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by [deleted] »

oldandboring wrote: post #41

I use the 'Containerise' plugin along with the following configuration (which I am constantly tweaking) to keep the big tech companies isolated from each other and the rest of the web. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/containerise/ I'm also increasingly using it to keep their various properties isolated from each other (eg. keeping Bing separate from the rest of Microsoft) to reduce tracking even furthe…

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Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by lillecarl »

gnicholas wrote: post #351
lillecarl wrote: post #3

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I'm finding more and more that i want to move to a Chrome fork (Brave) but TreeStyleTabs (Sidebery) keeps me with FF.

I love Brave and use the Sidewise extension to mimic TST. [1] It isn't perfect though. My main issues are that it's a separate window so sometimes clicking on the side window or the main window draws focus instead of clicking the thing under my cursor. Also the search bar in the sidebar keeps getting accidentally activated when I hit command-T. So I ended up inspecting and deleting the element. It's not the most eleg…

I've given it a show but sadly it doesn't satisfy my needs. Firefox will have to stick for now.

Eventually I'll probably end up on Brave.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by lucasverra »

y7 wrote: post #394
lucasverra wrote: post #383

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isn't this the same as a private tab ?

All tabs opened in private windows share the same "container", which gets cleared once you close the last private tab. With temporary containers, all your tabs are in independent containers.

good to know thanks

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by baumandm »

ww520 wrote: post #230
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…

Tooting my own horn :). Session Boss [1] saves the container information as part of the session and can restore the tabs in their respective containers. I use it to maintain multiple Gmail accounts and other email accounts in different containers. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/session-boss/

I'm a bit late to this thread, but thanks for making & sharing this extension. It looks amazing!
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