Facebook Container Firefox Safe

The next time you load facebook firefox will house it in a separate container labeled with the word facebook in blue in the address bar.

Facebook container firefox safe.

Mozilla s facebook container extension isolates facebook from the rest of the browser. Firefox multi account containers is a more general extension that allows you to create containers and determine which sites open in each container. Find the facebook container extension in the firefox add ons store and click add to firefox 2. If that s too much for you the facebook container extension isolates your identity into a separate container tab making it harder for facebook to track you on the web outside of facebook.

When you install facebook container the firefox extension deletes your facebook cookies logs you out of the site and closes any open facebook tabs. If you open facebook in firefox it gets opened in the container and if you activate links that point to facebook they too get opened in the container. Give it the permissions it needs. Firefox will automatically switch to the facebook container tab for you.

If a website has facebook trackers facebook container will block them and alert you. It s developed by the firefox team so your data is as safe as it is in the rest of the browser. For details on how the extension works including a. However embedded facebook comments and like buttons in tabs outside the facebook container will not work.

If you click on a link to a page outside of facebook or type in another website in the address bar firefox will load them outside the facebook container. Any link that you click in the facebook tab gets opened in it unless it points to a third party site. In fact facebook container is so safe that clicking on facebook share buttons while using other browser tabs will load them within the extension s tab.