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It didn't work but I know why: I use a different browser for Facebook—not because of these hacks but because Facebook itself is more invasive than any of these
by yason 14y ago
It didn't work but I know why: I use a different browser for Facebook—not because of these hacks but because Facebook itself is more invasive than any of these tricks. I don't want to accidentally connect what I browser with Facebook. I have a separate browser icon that launches:
google-chrome --user-data-dir=/home/myaccount/.config/facebook-chrome
And that launches directly to Facebook. I keep Facebook stuff nicely contained in that browser. I mostly just follow links out of Facebook. The real Chrome never even knows that I'm on Facebook.
- homakov 14y agoyou are paranoid a bit :) do you have browser for each site?
- mich41 14y agoNo, he has a browser for Facebook.
- yuvadam 14y agoI also hope you use rule-based blocking on any third party crap Facebook might be serving - i.e. tracking - you on different websites by matching your IP.
- statictype 14y agoI use an Incognito window for Facebook and login each time I want to see something. Is what you're doing more secure than that?
- yason 14y agoI did that at some point but this is more convenient. My Facebook browser has me logged in all the time, I just need to launch it to check Facebook.
- curiousdannii 14y agoI don't try to prevent Facebook from figuring out who I am or what I do. They should have a huge amount of info about me, but their ads are still entirely irrelevant.
- damoncali 14y agoIt's not the ads. It's the "I'm already logged into some random app and one click away from accidentally doing something I don't want to do". I've been using a separate browser for FB for quite a while now.
- adrenalinup 14y agoGood idea, more simply a dedicated google chrome profile can be used..