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Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

#71

I'm finding more and more that it might finally be time to switch back to Firefox. Is Google still planning to destroy adblock with Manifest V3?

Encrypted SNI is another feature which is completely absent in chrome but available in firefox.

That and the containers are why I'm back on Firefox!

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

#72

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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... You're welcome.

The reason Facebook Container exists is because the UX of the generic version is awful. Trying to created a new container to always open a site with has something like half a dozen steps. And of course we won't get a dedicated 'Google Container' from Mozilla because despite all their hot talk they know what side their bread is buttered on.

"ctrl + ." or just click the container button on the top right

Select "always open this site in".

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

#74

I'm finding more and more that it might finally be time to switch back to Firefox. Is Google still planning to destroy adblock with Manifest V3?

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

I stay with Firefox for a lot of reasons, but the main one is this - I am so used to TreeStyleTabs I can't imagine going with anything else. Do any other browsers support something similar?

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

#75

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…

Here is an example. This page [1] has stuff from google loaded that is not blocked by a combination of Ublock Origin and Privacy Badger; for instance google fonts (other stuff from Google, Twitter and Facebook is blocked). If I ever log into Google, then my activity on this page will be linked to my account. If I containarize my Google account, then I guess Google can only use my IP or very advanced tricks to attach this activity to my account.

[1] https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/news/nfl/week-7-opening-li...

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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You might be able to escape facebook using ublock, but you're going to have trouble escaping google. It's everywhere : youtube embeds, google cdn (for scripts/fonts), google maps embeds/autocomplete, recaptcha.

Do these embeds matter if you block 3rd party cookies and don't click on the embedded content?

The embed should still get access to its first party cookies, so yes.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

#77

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…

same here! its the main thing stopping me from switching back to vivaldi

thanks for the sticky windows tip

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

#78

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…

What I've been doing was to set up a browser profile (local) for each main context. If I have a set of work accounts (google, github, etc.), I have a 'work' profile for it. This isolates all cookies related to 'work' at once, as well as bookmarks, saved tabs, extensions, and settings. It's a total context switcher.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

#79

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…

Is it possible to have each domain open in a persistent container? It looks like Temporary Containers uses a new one each time a site is visited. Containerise, on the other hand, seems to need to know about each domain in advance.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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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.

They're worth it for me just so I don't have to use the Google account switcher.
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