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Firefox containers to the rescue.

hdjjhhvvhga 4y ago
Probably the best tech we have against tech giants today. I mean, heavier solutions exist (like QubesOS), FF containers are so easy to use, I hope more people learn they exist.
Namari 4y ago
Does it also contain permissions you give to a website? Will it block it if run within a container?
- deng 4y ago
  > Does it also contain permissions you give to a website? Will it block it if run within a container? No.
deng 4y ago
How? Access to location will stick regardless if you use containers or not.
- teekert 4y ago
  If you put all G-services in their own container, google.com/mail can't access google.com/maps cookies, so, will it also not track location. Not sure actually, they indeed probably store your "consent" on their server. Could you block location services per container perhaps? Hmm this is a smart move indeed, all of a sudden I'm logged into G-maps whereas I wasn't before... FireFox helpfully opened google.com/maps in my Google container...
  - deng 4y ago
    > google.com/mail can't access google.com/maps cookies, so, will it also not track location google.com has now direct access to your location, it doesn't need any cookies.
    - teekert 4y ago
      Would be nice if you could spoof or block access to your location per FF container. I'll see if I can put in a feature request.
    - _flux 4y ago
      But it "doesn't" know who you are if you have not logged in. Or do you mean that the permission isn't container-specific? (Of course it can probably make a pretty good guess, just as well it could do before this change.)
m5r 4y ago
I've been using Mozilla's extension[0] that contains everything Facebook-related automatically with Firefox containers and it's been working great. This morning I looked for a similar extension for Google and I've found this fork[1] of Mozilla's extension. It's working as expected so far but I'd love for it to be officially maintained by Mozilla at some point. There is an open issue about it[2]. [0] https://github.com/mozilla/contain-facebook https://github.com/mozilla/contain-facebook [1] https://github.com/containers-everywhere/contain-google https://github.com/containers-everywhere/contain-google [2] https://github.com/mozilla/contain-facebook/issues/758 https://github.com/mozilla/contain-facebook/issues/758
- russianGuy83829 4y ago
  Mozilla probably gets too much money from google to do this

Probably the best tech we have against tech giants today. I mean, heavier solutions exist (like QubesOS), FF containers are so easy to use, I hope more people learn they exist.

Namari 4y ago

Does it also contain permissions you give to a website? Will it block it if run within a container?

deng 4y ago
> Does it also contain permissions you give to a website? Will it block it if run within a container? No.

deng 4y ago

How? Access to location will stick regardless if you use containers or not.

teekert 4y ago
If you put all G-services in their own container, google.com/mail can't access google.com/maps cookies, so, will it also not track location. Not sure actually, they indeed probably store your "consent" on their server. Could you block location services per container perhaps? Hmm this is a smart move indeed, all of a sudden I'm logged into G-maps whereas I wasn't before... FireFox helpfully opened google.com/maps in my Google container...
- deng 4y ago
  > google.com/mail can't access google.com/maps cookies, so, will it also not track location google.com has now direct access to your location, it doesn't need any cookies.
  - teekert 4y ago
    Would be nice if you could spoof or block access to your location per FF container. I'll see if I can put in a feature request.
  - _flux 4y ago
    But it "doesn't" know who you are if you have not logged in. Or do you mean that the permission isn't container-specific? (Of course it can probably make a pretty good guess, just as well it could do before this change.)

m5r 4y ago

I've been using Mozilla's extension[0] that contains everything Facebook-related automatically with Firefox containers and it's been working great. This morning I looked for a similar extension for Google and I've found this fork[1] of Mozilla's extension. It's working as expected so far but I'd love for it to be officially maintained by Mozilla at some point. There is an open issue about it[2]. [0] https://github.com/mozilla/contain-facebook https://github.com/mozilla/contain-facebook [1] https://github.com/containers-everywhere/contain-google https://github.com/containers-everywhere/contain-google [2] https://github.com/mozilla/contain-facebook/issues/758 https://github.com/mozilla/contain-facebook/issues/758

russianGuy83829 4y ago
Mozilla probably gets too much money from google to do this