I'm using the Firefox Multi-Account Containers Addon to reduce Google/Amazon and others following me around on the internet.
It's also useful to switch between multiple accounts on the same site.
I'm a little fed up with that addon though, mainly because it's impossible to set up a default container for a specific site (main account) while still being able to open that site in another container (alt account) when necessary.
I read something about how Firefox containerizes each tab automatically without any addon so that the Muli-Account Containers are redundant? Is there any truth to this?
How do you handle multiple accounts on websites?
Basically looking to get rid of the Multi-Account Container addon.
3 Comments
Nothingwise@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
Firefox now isolates third-party cookies by default for all users. This means that you only need containers if you want to do something like:
If you want to remove the extension but not lose the functionality, it's possible to use about:config to manually enable containers by setting
You can then edit your containers from about:preferences#containers
Carighan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
I use it for situations where I need to either visually differentiate certain tabs (due to the color) or split their cookies (example: My work has multiple systems that share similar information but in different contexts, this way they cannot have their informations mesh which makes testing easier).
MrOtherGuy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Using containers manually works fine for my purposes. Like when you right-click the newtab-button or click-and-hold it, it will show a popup where you can select a container for the new tab. And there is a section in Options to create new containers.
I kinda think the manual controls don't show up normally, at least they didn't always and you had to enable them from about:config, but maybe that has changed since.
igorlogius@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y