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Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by Macha »

datfrojo wrote: post #8
lillecarl wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

What advantages does brave have other than their weird ad replacement thing? I’ve weirdly moved to Microsoft edge from Firefox for something’s recently. Unfortunately the chrome developer tools are awful.

Chromium browser which still generally has a performance edge, but without some types of Google's tracking like the browser level sign in or the recent example of Google exempting themselves from clear cookies.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by AdmiralAsshat »

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…

You can make all of these yourself as long as you've got the Temporary Containers add-on installed. I don't see the benefit of installing four addons for this purpose, as the security risk of third-party addon vendors surely outweighs the convenience of a pre-configured container.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by OJFord »

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...

I switched my sidebar tab add-on to Sidebery [0], and that's actually what got me to start using containers (not the other way around).

I have a 'home' container (= sidebar 'tab' of tabs), 'personal code' container (ditto), 'finance' (ditto), and 'work' (ditto). It's not even really that I want to silo their data from each other (I have uMatrix - yes I know, will probably switch to nuTensor - and autocookie delete etc. anyway) - but the organisation into contexts I can easily switch between is amazing.

[0]: https://github.com/mbnuqw/sidebery

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by jniedrauer »

ralphc wrote: post #49

Other than convenience, what, if anything, do containers have over doing what I do - always opening a private window/incognito in Chrome, go to facebook and log in?

Persistence. If you log into a website in a container, cookies will be stored locally within the context of the container. Those cookies can't be used to track you on other sites outside the container, but they do fulfill their purpose within the container.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by bonestamp2 »

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?

> Love to see the Facebook container mark also on other websites trying to track me.

In fairness, some of those sites might not even know the like button is used for tracking and just think it's for helping them grow their facebook audience.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by pkulak »

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…

Oh wow. I used containers for a while, but the official plugin for managing them was awful. You had to go to the site, set the container, then click an approve button the _next_ time you went to it. Took forever to get things set up, and it never synced the settings despite claiming it would. I'm going to give this one a try. Thanks!

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by DangerousPie »

iamdamian wrote: post #44

I love the general idea behind the container (sandboxed browsing). However, I'm not clear on the exact privacy benefit relative to the much easier path of blocking 3rd party cookies in your browser of choice and installing uBlock Origin. What specific tracking is no longer possible using containers that is currently possible if you're using one or both of those protections? Is it something about 3rd party scripts tha…

It's my understanding that if you're logged into Facebook and visit a website that uses Facebook's APIs (the Like button etc) then your pageview will get tied to your profile. Even if you don't actually interact with it in any way.

If you isolate your session with Facebook container then they can only tie your pageviews to an anonymous profile and will have a much harder time tracking you across devices, connections, etc.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by OJFord »

thinkharderdev wrote: post #53
cortesoft wrote: post #46

If they have this ability, why doesn't every website get its own 'container tab'?

By default? It can break a lot things that people expect to work and can make browsing the web slightly more annoying (harder recapcthas etc). You can enable first-party site isolation in your Firefox preferences which will effectively provider a container for each site (as far as I understand). But it's pretty annoying at times.

In terms of cookies that's effectively the same yes.

To deal with the annoying breaks, assuming the fix you want is 'just make it work', there's at least one add-on available that just gives you a toolbar button to toggle it on or off, a fish bowl that glows red as a warning when off.

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