Learn moreįacebook Container leverages the Containers feature that is already built in to Firefox. We do receive the number of times the extension is installed or removed. Mozilla does not collect data from your use of the Facebook Container extension. What data does Mozilla receive from this extension?

In addition to this extension, you can change your Facebook settings, use Private Browsing, enable Tracking Protection, block third-party cookies, and/or use Firefox Multi-Account Containers extension to further limit tracking. This extension focuses on limiting Facebook tracking, but other ad networks may try to correlate your Facebook activities with your regular browsing. Rather than stop using a service you find valuable, we think you should have tools to limit what data others can obtain. Facebook still will have access to everything that you do while you are on, including your Facebook comments, photo uploads, likes, any data you share with Facebook connected apps, etc.

It is important to know that this extension doesn’t prevent Facebook from mishandling the data that it already has, or permitted others to obtain, about you. What does Facebook Container NOT protect against? Because this extension is designed to separate Facebook use from use of other websites, this behavior is expected. In addition, websites that allow you to create an account or log in using your Facebook credentials will generally not work properly. This prevents Facebook from associating information about your activity on websites outside of Facebook to your Facebook identity. Which website features will not function?īecause you will be logged into Facebook only in the Container, embedded Facebook comments and Like buttons in tabs outside the Facebook Container will not work. You should know that using these buttons passes information to Facebook about the website that you shared from.

If you click on a non-Facebook link or navigate to a non-Facebook website in the URL bar, these pages will load outside of the container.Ĭlicking Facebook Share buttons on other browser tabs will load them within the Facebook Container. You can log in and use Facebook normally when in the Facebook Container. The next time you navigate to Facebook it will load in a new blue colored browser tab (the “Container”). Installing this extension closes your Facebook tabs, deletes your Facebook cookies, and logs you out of Facebook. Facebook Container works by isolating your Facebook identity into a separate container that makes it harder for Facebook to track your visits to other websites with third-party cookies.

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