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Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by gbrown_ on Sunday February 28, 2021 @01:09PM (#26295464)
This has been posted a few times before, some of the more active previous discussions.

4 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24849452

~3 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16862925

Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by maztaim on Sunday February 28, 2021 @12:49PM (#26295238)
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by bko on Sunday February 28, 2021 @01:00PM (#26295366)
I've been using privacy badger [0] and ublock. Is this containarization still something I need to worry about?

[0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-badge...

Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by ruined on Sunday February 28, 2021 @01:17PM (#26295584)
yes. containerization allows you to segregate your browsing sessions even when necessary page functionality includes code/assets from entities that would use that inclusion to track. think of it as minimizing your surface area. temporary containers in particular are like a fresh session in every tab.

i combine containers with noscript, ublock, and decentraleyes.

Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by evad3r on Sunday February 28, 2021 @06:02PM (#26297934)
You can literally use the two hand in hand. You don't have to use one or the other.
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by tunnuz on Sunday February 28, 2021 @12:56PM (#26295310)
Same, been using for about a year and love them.
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by dna_polymerase on Sunday February 28, 2021 @12:47PM (#26295225)
Personally, I prefer just blocking all Facebook assets on DNS level. Don't forget, they go to war against Apple because Apple wants to force user consent on their tracking activities. They should be ousted from everyone's network.
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by IgorPartola on Sunday February 28, 2021 @12:59PM (#26295348)
FB Marketplace is legitimately more useful than any other classifieds system available or in the US. Otherwise I would do the same.
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by milofeynman on Sunday February 28, 2021 @01:09PM (#26295469)
That's a short term solution with DoH becoming more widespread... I'm curious how we're going to block DoH in the future since it can be packed into any iot device
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by Kye on Sunday February 28, 2021 @12:59PM (#26295346)
Not everyone has the luxury of going nuclear with it. Containment works for people whose governments are too cheap for a blog.
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by blowski on Sunday February 28, 2021 @01:08PM (#26295458)
Exactly.

My son's school has been using Facebook for most communications. I discussed it with their IT person - they said it was mostly a trade-off between security, privacy, usability, and cost. Most parents didn't care much about privacy, so Facebook won.

It's frustrating for those of us that do care about privacy, but I can see why it's such a difficult decision.

Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by frouge on Sunday February 28, 2021 @12:51PM (#26295249)
Is it still useful with the new total cookie siloing?
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by OscarCunningham on Sunday February 28, 2021 @01:16PM (#26295562)
I asked the same question here and got some responses, mostly people using containers for other purposes. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26237629
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by scrose on Sunday February 28, 2021 @01:05PM (#26295427)
I’ve always used Ublock and Pihole with a DNS blocklist set for any Facebook domain, but now I’m wondering if there is anything I might not be catching that this would?
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by hertzrat on Sunday February 28, 2021 @01:03PM (#26295405)
Since you can’t use addons with Firefox mobile, how is the browser compared to brave or safari for privacy and ad blocking?
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by JohnTHaller on Sunday February 28, 2021 @01:09PM (#26295476)
Firefox on Android works with uBlock, Ghostery, Privacy Badger, NoScript, HTTPS Everywhere, etc. On iOS, you're stuck with Safari on at least some level anyway, so may as well stick with Safari.
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by bilkow on Sunday February 28, 2021 @01:15PM (#26295548)
This, and AFAIK they're still implementing the rest of the API so that all add-ons will be supported (on Android).
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by milofeynman on Sunday February 28, 2021 @01:06PM (#26295436)
Firefox nightly has a limited addon system. Ublock for example works. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extensio...
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by ruined on Sunday February 28, 2021 @01:22PM (#26295635)
it's in stable now too. noscript is a lifesaver on low-end phones.
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by dragosmocrii on Sunday February 28, 2021 @01:10PM (#26295489)
For mobile, I recommend Blokada. I recommend using the v4 due to being more stable and resource efficient.
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by ape4 on Sunday February 28, 2021 @12:46PM (#26295201)
The only addon I use
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by fsflover on Sunday February 28, 2021 @12:52PM (#26295265)
Facebook is not the only evil site on the Internet. I recommend PrivacyBadger in addition to defend from many other trackers.
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla by LilyTheThief on Sunday February 28, 2021 @01:28PM (#26295713)
uBlock Origin is also a must-have.