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Many years ago I shared that I browse across several browsers, separating usage depending on the site I am visiting. + Gmail, Drive, Google Calendar = Chrome

by buro9 8y ago

Many years ago I shared that I browse across several browsers, separating usage depending on the site I am visiting. + Gmail, Drive, Google Calendar = Chrome + Sites I trust = Firefox + Sites I do not know or trust = Firefox Private browsing (or Firefox Focus on Android) This involves cautiously copying links from browser to browser, and if I make a mistake I have a scorched Earth policy of the history and cookies. The only thing that is consistent is that they all have Pinboard so I can bookmark as I go along. Over the years this feels more and more like the safest thing to do, to compartmentalise according to trust, and trust Google only with whatever you want tracked.

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djanogo 8y ago
I used to this do exactly, but switching to Firefox containers made Chrome redundant. Chrome uses too much memory to leave it running just for few websites, and Google including analytics script as builtin library was the last straw.
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- calcifer 8y ago
  > Google including analytics script as builtin library Wait, what? Do you have a source for this?
  - djanogo 8y ago
    My bad, sorry, I was shown wrong in the below submission which I stopped checking few days after I posted it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16657472 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16657472
- toastal 8y ago
  I feel the same way, but unfortunately I have some things tied Chrome-only extensions or apps. They really need to work on any WebExtension-capable platform...
mathnmusic 8y ago
There should be browser extensions that let us compartmentalize sites in different browsers.
- mthoms 8y ago
  Have you seen Firefox containers? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...
- sebazzz 8y ago
  Multi-account containers (posted as a sibling of this comment) in combination with "temporary tab containers". Works awesome.
narrowingorbits 8y ago
I also used to do exactly this. Except with Safari as my untrusted 3rd. Eventually, I just got tired of the trouble and found that having a complete, searchable web history was actually so much a useful feature for me. So I stopped pretending and sold out to Google completely.
Kagerjay 8y ago
For me its similar as well - Firefox incognito and Bing for sites I dont trust and/or wanting to watch any videos I want (tv shows, movies, porn, etc). Bing is miles better anyhow for this because of googles DMCA takedowns. Theres no risk of XSS because firefox is sandboxed and I have nothing important there. - Firefox I occasionally use for devdocs.io and some documentation resources. - Google for everything else. I have too many plugins though here though. I am debating on using a 3rd browser bc I do occasionally scrape things and keeping track what I am being tracked on is hard to remember. Id rather not run the risk of getting banned anywhere. At the sametime, getting tracked through cookies is convenient to me so I dont have to relogin etc. So I also run a scorched earth policy. Possibly using a 4th browser for seperating bank logins, social media etc on a different browser entirely. Granted I 2FA everything VPN for everything, I turn it off only during gaming. Rather not deal with my ISP and net neutrality implications. I dont care what google or microsoft knows about me in all honesty. There are so many ways to fingerprint users on the web that its almost impossible not to get tracked, unless you took extraorindary measures against it. Anything I do on my phone I assume is compromised, managing app permissions is too much work. I dont take photos with potential blackmail material. Same with anything I use chrome with, I use a lot of extensions. They always get compromised.

by buro9 8y ago

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djanogo 8y ago

I used to this do exactly, but switching to Firefox containers made Chrome redundant. Chrome uses too much memory to leave it running just for few websites, and Google including analytics script as builtin library was the last straw.

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calcifer 8y ago
> Google including analytics script as builtin library Wait, what? Do you have a source for this?
- djanogo 8y ago
  My bad, sorry, I was shown wrong in the below submission which I stopped checking few days after I posted it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16657472 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16657472
toastal 8y ago
I feel the same way, but unfortunately I have some things tied Chrome-only extensions or apps. They really need to work on any WebExtension-capable platform...

mathnmusic 8y ago

There should be browser extensions that let us compartmentalize sites in different browsers.

mthoms 8y ago
Have you seen Firefox containers? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...
sebazzz 8y ago
Multi-account containers (posted as a sibling of this comment) in combination with "temporary tab containers". Works awesome.

narrowingorbits 8y ago

I also used to do exactly this. Except with Safari as my untrusted 3rd. Eventually, I just got tired of the trouble and found that having a complete, searchable web history was actually so much a useful feature for me. So I stopped pretending and sold out to Google completely.

Kagerjay 8y ago

For me its similar as well - Firefox incognito and Bing for sites I dont trust and/or wanting to watch any videos I want (tv shows, movies, porn, etc). Bing is miles better anyhow for this because of googles DMCA takedowns. Theres no risk of XSS because firefox is sandboxed and I have nothing important there. - Firefox I occasionally use for devdocs.io and some documentation resources. - Google for everything else. I have too many plugins though here though. I am debating on using a 3rd browser bc I do occasionally scrape things and keeping track what I am being tracked on is hard to remember. Id rather not run the risk of getting banned anywhere. At the sametime, getting tracked through cookies is convenient to me so I dont have to relogin etc. So I also run a scorched earth policy. Possibly using a 4th browser for seperating bank logins, social media etc on a different browser entirely. Granted I 2FA everything VPN for everything, I turn it off only during gaming. Rather not deal with my ISP and net neutrality implications. I dont care what google or microsoft knows about me in all honesty. There are so many ways to fingerprint users on the web that its almost impossible not to get tracked, unless you took extraorindary measures against it. Anything I do on my phone I assume is compromised, managing app permissions is too much work. I dont take photos with potential blackmail material. Same with anything I use chrome with, I use a lot of extensions. They always get compromised.