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Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.
Date	2019-04-23 19:30 +0200
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On Tue 23 Apr 2019 at 15:53:50 (-0000), Curt wrote:
> On 2019-04-23, der.hans <deb-user@LuftHans.com> wrote:
> >
> > I use different Firefox profiles for banking to improve isolation, so at
> > least they won't be attacked by a retailers tab.
> >
> > I'm experimenting with Firefox containers for the isolation.

What experiments have you devised? How do you define "isolation",
and what are the criteria by which you judge whether their scheme
is succeeding or not?

> Looks interesting. I've just enabled it in 'about:config' 
> 
>  privacy.userContext.enabled       true
> 
> I now have a contextual menu entry "Reopen in Container" when
> left-clicking on a tab, which lists the four default containers. The
> wiki doesn't explain the difference between these pre-defined
> containers, though (Home, Work, Banking, and Shopping) or whether you
> can create your own (apparently "custom" containers is a future option).
> 
> https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Contextual_Identity_Project/Containers

I can see some usefulness in having separate bookmarks and histories,
particularly the latter as it's not easy to classify in the same way
as bookmarks with its submenus. But I see only convenience, not
security.

Cheers,
David.

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Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. peter@easthope.ca - 2019-04-21 16:50 +0200
  Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-21 18:10 +0200
    Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. peter@easthope.ca - 2019-04-22 04:30 +0200
      Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-23 16:10 +0200
  Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-21 23:20 +0200
    Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. peter@easthope.ca - 2019-04-22 06:20 +0200
      Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-04-22 15:10 +0200
        Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. "der.hans" <deb-user@LuftHans.com> - 2019-04-23 17:40 +0200
          Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-23 18:00 +0200
            Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-23 19:30 +0200
              Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. "der.hans" <deb-user@LuftHans.com> - 2019-04-23 20:20 +0200
                Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-24 17:20 +0200
                Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. "der.hans" <deb-user@LuftHans.com> - 2019-04-24 18:30 +0200
                Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-25 05:30 +0200
            Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. "der.hans" <deb-user@LuftHans.com> - 2019-04-23 19:40 +0200
      Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-22 20:50 +0200
        Browser usage; was "Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts." peter@easthope.ca - 2019-04-22 22:50 +0200
          Re: Browser usage; was "Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox  starts." Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-23 09:40 +0200
            Re: Browser usage; was "Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts." rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-23 17:40 +0200
              Re: Browser usage; was "Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox  starts." Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-04-23 18:10 +0200
        Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-04-23 09:30 +0200
        Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-24 17:40 +0200
          Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-24 20:30 +0200
            Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-25 07:10 +0200
              Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-25 18:30 +0200
                Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-28 02:40 +0200
                Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts. Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-28 23:10 +0200

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