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I use Firefox containers for meta controlled domains. I don't trust third party websites to not pass information to Meta or meta to not be greedy. So, a complet
by jillesvangurp 2y ago
I use Firefox containers for meta controlled domains. I don't trust third party websites to not pass information to Meta or meta to not be greedy. So, a complete absence of meta related cookies and other cruft is the best defense against that. I mostly stopped checking Facebook. I have a few things with social logins tied to Facebook that I open in the same container that I can't be bothered to untangle.
I've de-activated my instagram account ages ago. I just have no interest in what happens there. People sharing images and short videos just annoys me mostly. So, I'm happy to let people entertain each other over there without distracting me. In the same way, I have zero interest in tik tok, youtube shorts, and related nonsense from competitors. My life is rich enough without that.
Whatsapp unfortunately remains a necessary evil because that's what most people I know seem to insist on using. I mostly use it in a browser tab because I hate typing on mobile phones. My thumbs keep hitting the wrong tiny keys. If I type 3 letters, 2 will be wrong. I probably should move whatsapp to its own container. Thankfully it remains ad-free so far (or my adblocker is just that good, hard to tell these days). I think meta mostly walked back controversial plans to do something about that.
- drcongo 2y agoI have every Facebook owned domain blocked in NextDNS so it's essentially impossible for them to track me. I don't even have a Facebook account but they obviously don't need me to have one to build a shadow profile.
- eleveriven 2y agoYou've got a solid system in place. Completely agree on the social media front, feels like a lot of noise with little actual value
- KaiserPro 2y agoContainer tabs are so valuable. I have a bunch of Google apps domains that I look after, so I isolate them by container. Same for meta and ebay, plus all my financials, I don't want them knowing what I visit.
- Happily2020 2y agoIf I've understood correctly, it might not be necessary to isolate everything in different containers. As long as you block social logins using an adblocker, the total cookie protection in firefox shouldn't allow websites to know what other sites you're visiting. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/how-firefoxs-total-cookie-protection-and-container-extensions-work-together/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/how-firefoxs-to...
- KaiserPro 2y agoI mean it should, but I'm weary. the test is to go on ebay and search for something specific, and see how the advertising changes when you navigate the web. It might be overkill, but I am old enough to know that sometimes you need to use a sledgehammer when a normal hammer might work ok.
- CRConrad 2y ago> I mean it should, but I'm weary. Or maybe even wary...? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/weary https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/weary https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wary https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wary
- Lendal 2y agoIt's helpful to pop in to Facebook from time to time just to try to understand the insanity going on in the world. I can see the constant flow of misleading content that's driving the seemingly irrational decision-making and I can then understand it. I steel myself against the propaganda as one does, but if I were spending even one hour a day reading that sewage that's pushed at regular people every day, and I believed in even a fraction of it, I would probably make the same insane decisions as them. So it actually reduces the anxiety, a little bit, to at least know where it comes from.