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But if you switch to the web app from the native app, now Facebook is tracking all your web usage.

by woobar 11y ago

justhw 11y ago
You can dedicate one browser (say firefox mobile) for FB only and use chrome or Safari for regular web viewing.
- jxn 11y ago
  There's a good alternative to this on Android, namely apps like Tinfoil for Facebook, which are simply convenience webkit wrappers around the Facebook WebView
- woobar 11y ago
  So, instead of one app that sandboxes my FB usage, I would be using a different app (a separate browser) to do basically the same. It might work if Firefox is less of a battery hog then FB app.
- technojunkie 11y ago
  If you use Firefox Mobile, you can add uBlock Origin to the browser so that it mimics what the desktop browser can do. And remember that you can enable Disconnect rules in uBlock Origin when you're in Advanced mode!
palakchokshi 11y ago
I'm sorry I don't understand how a web app can track ALL your web usage? Wouldn't that apply to using facebook.com on the desktop browser too then?
- tdkl 11y ago
  It does. https://euobserver.com/digital/131029 https://euobserver.com/digital/131029
  - palakchokshi 11y ago
    That's really interesting. The way I understand tracking cookies is that websites the user visits needs to have some snippet from Facebook on them for that snippet to be able to read the cookie and update it right? And since most sites have the Share on facebook button that's potentially how the tracking cookie is picked up by Facebook.
    - tdkl 11y ago
      Yup, that's exactly the behaviour. Also a reason I deleted cookies, history and saved credentials and just use incognito for FB nowadays. It also stops the habitual browsing that gets you hooked.
moonlighter 11y ago
I only use Facebook from the desktop, and run Facebook.com in a dedicated app via Nativefier. The beauty of that is that this keeps all cookies and tracking completely separate from my main Safari searches. https://github.com/jiahaog/nativefier https://github.com/jiahaog/nativefier
gherkin0 11y ago
> But if you switch to the web app from the native app, now Facebook is tracking all your web usage. I use this app, which is supposed to run the Facebook mobile site in a separate sandbox from my other browsing. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danvelazco.fbwrapper&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danvelazco...
- Thirdegree 11y ago
  This is the same app I use. No complaints so far.

But if you switch to the web app from the native app, now Facebook is tracking all your web usage.

by woobar 11y ago

But if you switch to the web app from the native app, now Facebook is tracking all your web usage.

justhw 11y ago

You can dedicate one browser (say firefox mobile) for FB only and use chrome or Safari for regular web viewing.

jxn 11y ago
There's a good alternative to this on Android, namely apps like Tinfoil for Facebook, which are simply convenience webkit wrappers around the Facebook WebView
woobar 11y ago
So, instead of one app that sandboxes my FB usage, I would be using a different app (a separate browser) to do basically the same. It might work if Firefox is less of a battery hog then FB app.
technojunkie 11y ago
If you use Firefox Mobile, you can add uBlock Origin to the browser so that it mimics what the desktop browser can do. And remember that you can enable Disconnect rules in uBlock Origin when you're in Advanced mode!

palakchokshi 11y ago

I'm sorry I don't understand how a web app can track ALL your web usage? Wouldn't that apply to using facebook.com on the desktop browser too then?

tdkl 11y ago
It does. https://euobserver.com/digital/131029 https://euobserver.com/digital/131029
- palakchokshi 11y ago
  That's really interesting. The way I understand tracking cookies is that websites the user visits needs to have some snippet from Facebook on them for that snippet to be able to read the cookie and update it right? And since most sites have the Share on facebook button that's potentially how the tracking cookie is picked up by Facebook.
  - tdkl 11y ago
    Yup, that's exactly the behaviour. Also a reason I deleted cookies, history and saved credentials and just use incognito for FB nowadays. It also stops the habitual browsing that gets you hooked.

moonlighter 11y ago

I only use Facebook from the desktop, and run Facebook.com in a dedicated app via Nativefier. The beauty of that is that this keeps all cookies and tracking completely separate from my main Safari searches. https://github.com/jiahaog/nativefier https://github.com/jiahaog/nativefier

gherkin0 11y ago

> But if you switch to the web app from the native app, now Facebook is tracking all your web usage. I use this app, which is supposed to run the Facebook mobile site in a separate sandbox from my other browsing. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danvelazco.fbwrapper&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danvelazco...

Thirdegree 11y ago
This is the same app I use. No complaints so far.