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What we need is a browser "persona" plugin, that allows you to swap in and out different accounts when it indicates you are on a FB enabled page.
by quattrofan 16y ago
What we need is a browser "persona" plugin, that allows you to swap in and out different accounts when it indicates you are on a FB enabled page.
- wladimir 16y agoI've thought about that idea as well. Not only for facebook, but the same applies to Google and other trackers. Many sites link to your Google account. This is possible because your cookies can be shared/accessible by scripts communicating between sites (and checking referers). To isolate them you'd essentially need something like firefox profiles -- isolating cookies and credentials per persona. But to be more usable it needs to be more integrated into the browser somehow, and more lightweight, as running multiple firefox profiles is a bit clunky.
- raghava 16y agoBut would it still help? I mean, accessing multiple personas through the same browser on same machine would still be a giveaway, isn't it? https://panopticlick.eff.org/browser-uniqueness.pdf https://panopticlick.eff.org/browser-uniqueness.pdf
- quattrofan 16y agoDepends what you are trying to achieve, if we are talking a simple level about controlling what "side" of yourself your friends see I think the browser plugin is fine. If its about hiding your identity for security reasons then sure its not going to work, and also of course FB could use the techniques outlined to discover when you are doing this and block you.
- gromy 16y agoPerhaps the problem is that we've grown accustom to lazily broadcasting our thoughts to all our friends when we should be broadcasting what we have to say to only a select relevant few?