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Atlassian is not the only one who wrecked login by implementing SSO across all their instances. I really don’t recommend using in-app dual logins (for example

Atlassian is not the only one who wrecked login by implementing SSO across all their instances. I really don’t recommend using in-app dual logins (for example Gmail’s dual login), and stick to using separate Chrome profiles or Firefox profiles, so that none of the cookies are shared. Even with that, I’ve had surprises with my mobile phone number being the only shared information between two Google Ads accounts, and Google mixing my data, but avoiding sharing cookies is really important. That is also what I recommend my employees. « You can use Facebook or Youtube at work, but not in the same Chrome profile. »

shock 6y ago
> separate Chrome profiles or Firefox profiles, so that none of the cookies are shared. You don't need separate Firefox profiles for that, you can use Firefox containers.
- diggan 6y ago
  True, but by using profiles you don't need any extra extensions, it comes built-in in both Chrome and Firefox, you can simply start it with providing the `--profile <path>` flag. Correct me if I'm wrong, but some IT environments also lock down installing extensions from addons.mozilla.org, so the profiles tip would be applicable to more people.
  - Kaze404 6y ago
    Firefox Containers are a native feature now.
    - diggan 6y ago
      I remember it used to be a native feature but I'm fairly certain they split it out into a separate addon after a while. Or did they move it back into core?
      - the8472 6y ago
        The basic functionality is in the core. (about:preferences -> search for "container"). But for better UI there is an extension.
        WorldMaker 6y ago
        Partly because Mozilla is continuing to iterate/experiment on the container UI and leaving that to extensions is a way to keep that laboratory open. They seem worried the UI may be too confusing if it was on by default for a lot of users. (Like the era decades ago when -ProfileManager was on-by-default in some installs.) Mozilla even has two official extensions, trying to explore the space of ease of use/user expectations. In addition to the main multi-container extension they offer Facebook Container which is an extension designed to be more entry level but for folks worried about privacy. (It does what it says on a tin, creates only one additional container, names it Facebook, and automatically moves all Facebook tabs and pretty much only Facebook tabs into it.)
  - znpy 6y ago
    You can just use --profile <name> -- with only the name of the profile. Also, you can backup/restore/move profiles independently of each other. Also, you can have different network settings for different profiles (not sure you can do that with containers). For example I have a profile whose network connections are such that traffic is forwarded through a socks proxy (implemented via ssh). That's basically an ultra-simple vpn. I can then (via a script) automatically launch the tunnel open firefox with the appropriate profile and then exit firefox and gracefully stopping my tunnel.
  - syshum 6y ago
    The problem I have with profiles is it is Browser Wide, I like to have several Container Tabs open all logged in to different accounts at the same time
- znpy 6y ago
  > You don't need separate Firefox profiles for that, you can use Firefox containers. Firefox Containers are awful. Only firefox profiles can give you true separation. It would have been better if Mozilla had added a better interface to profiles.
  - dhimes 6y ago
    Thanks for this. I've been naively using containers. Yes, a UI for profiles would be awesome- we've been wanting that for a long time.
    - diggan 6y ago
      You can either start firefox with `-P` to the profile chooser when starting firefox, or navigate to `about:profiles` to show the UI for managing them. Would allow greater discovery if this `about:profiles` page was exposed somewhere in preferences, but at least there is something I guess.
      - znpy 6y ago
        thanks! I didn't know about `about:profiles` !
      - dhimes 6y ago
        I just almost always start firefox with a mouse click- even on fluxbox :/
        the_pwner224 6y ago
        $ cd ~/.local/share/applications $ cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop . $ vim firefox.desktop Add -P onto the end of the 'Exec' line. Now your click button for firefox will open the profile manager.
        dhimes 6y ago
        awesome!
KingOfCoders 6y ago
We had the same with Amazon, we created a new Amazon account but shared the telephone number. Support sent emails to the first account concerning the second account.
- sneak 6y ago
  I have stopped giving out phone numbers to services. I can get throwaway email addresses (eg anonaddy.me, which is great) but burner numbers incur a significant time and cost, so I just don’t use services that demand one now. Google Accounts fall into this category these days. Possible I’ll deprecate my use of those, as I don’t use gmail or drive any longer.
StreamBright 6y ago
I had to use GDPR to force them to delete one of my accounts because my account got stuck in the registration where I could not complete the registration and could not delete the registration either. First time I used GDPR for anything. Support did not understand the situation, I waked through them the issue with screenshots, nothing.

shock 6y ago

> separate Chrome profiles or Firefox profiles, so that none of the cookies are shared. You don't need separate Firefox profiles for that, you can use Firefox containers.

diggan 6y ago
True, but by using profiles you don't need any extra extensions, it comes built-in in both Chrome and Firefox, you can simply start it with providing the `--profile <path>` flag. Correct me if I'm wrong, but some IT environments also lock down installing extensions from addons.mozilla.org, so the profiles tip would be applicable to more people.
- Kaze404 6y ago
  Firefox Containers are a native feature now.
  - diggan 6y ago
    I remember it used to be a native feature but I'm fairly certain they split it out into a separate addon after a while. Or did they move it back into core?
    - the8472 6y ago
      The basic functionality is in the core. (about:preferences -> search for "container"). But for better UI there is an extension.
      - WorldMaker 6y ago
        Partly because Mozilla is continuing to iterate/experiment on the container UI and leaving that to extensions is a way to keep that laboratory open. They seem worried the UI may be too confusing if it was on by default for a lot of users. (Like the era decades ago when -ProfileManager was on-by-default in some installs.) Mozilla even has two official extensions, trying to explore the space of ease of use/user expectations. In addition to the main multi-container extension they offer Facebook Container which is an extension designed to be more entry level but for folks worried about privacy. (It does what it says on a tin, creates only one additional container, names it Facebook, and automatically moves all Facebook tabs and pretty much only Facebook tabs into it.)
- znpy 6y ago
  You can just use --profile <name> -- with only the name of the profile. Also, you can backup/restore/move profiles independently of each other. Also, you can have different network settings for different profiles (not sure you can do that with containers). For example I have a profile whose network connections are such that traffic is forwarded through a socks proxy (implemented via ssh). That's basically an ultra-simple vpn. I can then (via a script) automatically launch the tunnel open firefox with the appropriate profile and then exit firefox and gracefully stopping my tunnel.
- syshum 6y ago
  The problem I have with profiles is it is Browser Wide, I like to have several Container Tabs open all logged in to different accounts at the same time
znpy 6y ago
> You don't need separate Firefox profiles for that, you can use Firefox containers. Firefox Containers are awful. Only firefox profiles can give you true separation. It would have been better if Mozilla had added a better interface to profiles.
- dhimes 6y ago
  Thanks for this. I've been naively using containers. Yes, a UI for profiles would be awesome- we've been wanting that for a long time.
  - diggan 6y ago
    You can either start firefox with `-P` to the profile chooser when starting firefox, or navigate to `about:profiles` to show the UI for managing them. Would allow greater discovery if this `about:profiles` page was exposed somewhere in preferences, but at least there is something I guess.
    - znpy 6y ago
      thanks! I didn't know about `about:profiles` !
    - dhimes 6y ago
      I just almost always start firefox with a mouse click- even on fluxbox :/
      - the_pwner224 6y ago
        $ cd ~/.local/share/applications $ cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop . $ vim firefox.desktop Add -P onto the end of the 'Exec' line. Now your click button for firefox will open the profile manager.
        dhimes 6y ago
        awesome!

KingOfCoders 6y ago

We had the same with Amazon, we created a new Amazon account but shared the telephone number. Support sent emails to the first account concerning the second account.

sneak 6y ago
I have stopped giving out phone numbers to services. I can get throwaway email addresses (eg anonaddy.me, which is great) but burner numbers incur a significant time and cost, so I just don’t use services that demand one now. Google Accounts fall into this category these days. Possible I’ll deprecate my use of those, as I don’t use gmail or drive any longer.

StreamBright 6y ago

I had to use GDPR to force them to delete one of my accounts because my account got stuck in the registration where I could not complete the registration and could not delete the registration either. First time I used GDPR for anything. Support did not understand the situation, I waked through them the issue with screenshots, nothing.