I've never tried Firefox Sync because I used to think it stored unencrypted data or to be able to read it (pretty much what I expect Google, Opera and other companies to be doing). Thanks for...
I've never tried Firefox Sync because I used to think it stored unencrypted data or to be able to read it (pretty much what I expect Google, Opera and other companies to be doing). Thanks for posting this article, now I have a good reason to start using it, keeping things in sync manually was definitely not a fun thing to do.
Edit: just a quick question, could this in theory be used by third party apps to store random data encrypted on Mozilla's servers? Kind of like a private Google Drive or Dropbox.
If you also set a master password (which requires a password before password fields will auto-fill) then Firefox works pretty well as a distributed password manager. I wish they'd also let me...
If you also set a master password (which requires a password before password fields will auto-fill) then Firefox works pretty well as a distributed password manager.
I wish they'd also let me encrypt my cookies and session data with the master password. It seems like an obvious security feature to me.
Can you use Face ID or a fingerprint reader as your master password? I'm a recent iOS convert, and I've been pretty impressed with how you can tie banking logins and the like directly to your Face...
Can you use Face ID or a fingerprint reader as your master password? I'm a recent iOS convert, and I've been pretty impressed with how you can tie banking logins and the like directly to your Face ID, so that without your face and your attention to the phone, the login, although already stored, cannot be used.
Firefox was the only one that allowed me to put ublock origins through add ons in android. Why every other browser in android has to be a closed garden is beyond me.
Firefox was the only one that allowed me to put ublock origins through add ons in android.
Why every other browser in android has to be a closed garden is beyond me.
It doesn't store extensions storage, but it does save cookies (not sure about local storage). So you should be able to make a website that would save files into cookies or local storage.
It doesn't store extensions storage, but it does save cookies (not sure about local storage). So you should be able to make a website that would save files into cookies or local storage.
I was thinking about creating a script in Python (or another language) that does the same process of encrypting data as Firefox does and then sends it to Mozilla servers using their API, but...
I was thinking about creating a script in Python (or another language) that does the same process of encrypting data as Firefox does and then sends it to Mozilla servers using their API, but instead of encrypting browser data it'd encrypt files. Since Mozilla receives encrypted data they can't tell whether this is real browser data or something else so their servers would probably accept it.
I'd assume they have a limit on size, or at least monitoring to notice if a particular account starts using an unreasonable amount of storage space. The data that Firefox Sync stores is pretty...
I'd assume they have a limit on size, or at least monitoring to notice if a particular account starts using an unreasonable amount of storage space. The data that Firefox Sync stores is pretty much just a small amount of text, I highly doubt you're going to be able to store any significant amount of data without hitting a limit or having them cut your account off.
There are tons of options for storing data for free or extremely cheap, I think it's extremely unlikely to be worth the effort of trying to abuse Firefox Sync for free storage.
I know this and I won't abuse their service, I won't even use it for what I suggested. But I love testing software and I'm always thinking about ways it can be misused or ways to trigger bugs.
There are tons of options for storing data for free or extremely cheap, I think it's extremely unlikely to be worth the effort of trying to abuse Firefox Sync for free storage.
I know this and I won't abuse their service, I won't even use it for what I suggested. But I love testing software and I'm always thinking about ways it can be misused or ways to trigger bugs.
Something I haven't managed to figure out yet is how to have two Firefox instances logged into separate accounts, like Chrome does. I know Firefox has Multi-Account Containers but it requires far...
Something I haven't managed to figure out yet is how to have two Firefox instances logged into separate accounts, like Chrome does.
I know Firefox has Multi-Account Containers but it requires far too much micromanagement regularly, and isn't quite as simple to use when you have a site you use separately on both accounts. MAC doesn't seem to have enough customization to make up for these gaps. Also it doesn't seem to recognize long URL strings properly and will sometimes open pages in the default container.
I've been using Firefox with MAC since Quantum came out and I still sometimes have to manually tell it to open some tabs in my Work container because I went to a different page on a site I already told it to open only in my Work Container.
It goes beyond just the GSuite accounts. My work and personal Chrome windows had very different setups in terms of extensions, bookmarks, and even cookies.
It goes beyond just the GSuite accounts. My work and personal Chrome windows had very different setups in terms of extensions, bookmarks, and even cookies.
Seconding what Bauke said, you can bookmark about:profiles like any other page. I have it on my bookmarks bar along with some other stuff that I like to keep handy (mainly folders). I have a...
Seconding what Bauke said, you can bookmark about:profiles like any other page. I have it on my bookmarks bar along with some other stuff that I like to keep handy (mainly folders). I have a couple other profiles, e.g. one for shopping (too hard to do with UBlock Dynamic mode enabled), and also an "empty" profile that forgets everything on quit which I use for testing stuff in a clean profile.
Firefox profiles are a lifesaver. If you can restore a profile from a dead PC, that's as good as restoring everything for some users. Profiles are also cross platform, so it's great if you are...
Firefox profiles are a lifesaver. If you can restore a profile from a dead PC, that's as good as restoring everything for some users. Profiles are also cross platform, so it's great if you are migrating to a different OS.
I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Firefox user and I despise Chrome, but it has way more extensions. Particularly since Firefox's rewrite last year basically dumped out all the legacy extensions and if the...
I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Firefox user and I despise Chrome, but it has way more extensions. Particularly since Firefox's rewrite last year basically dumped out all the legacy extensions and if the authors wouldn't rewrite them, they died on the vine. Lots died. It will recover, but for now, I frequently look for shit that I find results for on Chrome only. Most recent example, I was looking for an extension that would capture audio in the browser. Chrome has a great one, Chrome Audio Capture, precisely what I was looking for. Firefox had no analog.
For the record, it doesn't matter. I love FF. But I keep Chrome around - just in case I need something unusual.
Also screen capture for in-browser video, for tutorials and the like. I know you can do that within the computer itself, but having it as an extension on a portable version of FF meant you didn't...
Also screen capture for in-browser video, for tutorials and the like. I know you can do that within the computer itself, but having it as an extension on a portable version of FF meant you didn't have to do any sort of install on a computer that isn't yours. Screencastify on Chrome works brilliantly and has a ten-minute limit on the free version (plenty for most of my uses), but I've yet to find a suitable replacement on FF.
If grabbing your login on a cetain web page and using it itself for sending your data to a third party doesn't make it suck enough, I don't know what else might. Or maybe I'm a bit obsessed with...
If grabbing your login on a cetain web page and using it itself for sending your data to a third party doesn't make it suck enough, I don't know what else might. Or maybe I'm a bit obsessed with browsing privacy, IDK.
I've never tried Firefox Sync because I used to think it stored unencrypted data or to be able to read it (pretty much what I expect Google, Opera and other companies to be doing). Thanks for posting this article, now I have a good reason to start using it, keeping things in sync manually was definitely not a fun thing to do.
Edit: just a quick question, could this in theory be used by third party apps to store random data encrypted on Mozilla's servers? Kind of like a private Google Drive or Dropbox.
If you also set a master password (which requires a password before password fields will auto-fill) then Firefox works pretty well as a distributed password manager.
I wish they'd also let me encrypt my cookies and session data with the master password. It seems like an obvious security feature to me.
Can you use Face ID or a fingerprint reader as your master password? I'm a recent iOS convert, and I've been pretty impressed with how you can tie banking logins and the like directly to your Face ID, so that without your face and your attention to the phone, the login, although already stored, cannot be used.
All I know is they don't support anything like that on Android.
Firefox was the only one that allowed me to put ublock origins through add ons in android.
Why every other browser in android has to be a closed garden is beyond me.
It doesn't store extensions storage, but it does save cookies (not sure about local storage). So you should be able to make a website that would save files into cookies or local storage.
I was thinking about creating a script in Python (or another language) that does the same process of encrypting data as Firefox does and then sends it to Mozilla servers using their API, but instead of encrypting browser data it'd encrypt files. Since Mozilla receives encrypted data they can't tell whether this is real browser data or something else so their servers would probably accept it.
I'd assume they have a limit on size, or at least monitoring to notice if a particular account starts using an unreasonable amount of storage space. The data that Firefox Sync stores is pretty much just a small amount of text, I highly doubt you're going to be able to store any significant amount of data without hitting a limit or having them cut your account off.
There are tons of options for storing data for free or extremely cheap, I think it's extremely unlikely to be worth the effort of trying to abuse Firefox Sync for free storage.
I know this and I won't abuse their service, I won't even use it for what I suggested. But I love testing software and I'm always thinking about ways it can be misused or ways to trigger bugs.
I wish that chrome sucked enough that switching was a no brainer. I will, but it kills me since chrome is so full featured.
What does Chrome have that Firefox doesn't? I don't know of anything that isn't available in Firefox either natively or through an extension.
Something I haven't managed to figure out yet is how to have two Firefox instances logged into separate accounts, like Chrome does.
I know Firefox has Multi-Account Containers but it requires far too much micromanagement regularly, and isn't quite as simple to use when you have a site you use separately on both accounts. MAC doesn't seem to have enough customization to make up for these gaps. Also it doesn't seem to recognize long URL strings properly and will sometimes open pages in the default container.
I've been using Firefox with MAC since Quantum came out and I still sometimes have to manually tell it to open some tabs in my Work container because I went to a different page on a site I already told it to open only in my Work Container.
Separate Google accounts? Google lets you stay logged under different accounts regardless of what browser you are using.
It goes beyond just the GSuite accounts. My work and personal Chrome windows had very different setups in terms of extensions, bookmarks, and even cookies.
Oh jeez, it takes a launch command? No wonder I couldn't find it anywhere in the settings. Thanks! I'll give this a shot.
Seconding what Bauke said, you can bookmark
about:profileslike any other page. I have it on my bookmarks bar along with some other stuff that I like to keep handy (mainly folders). I have a couple other profiles, e.g. one for shopping (too hard to do with UBlock Dynamic mode enabled), and also an "empty" profile that forgets everything on quit which I use for testing stuff in a clean profile.Firefox profiles are a lifesaver. If you can restore a profile from a dead PC, that's as good as restoring everything for some users. Profiles are also cross platform, so it's great if you are migrating to a different OS.
I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Firefox user and I despise Chrome, but it has way more extensions. Particularly since Firefox's rewrite last year basically dumped out all the legacy extensions and if the authors wouldn't rewrite them, they died on the vine. Lots died. It will recover, but for now, I frequently look for shit that I find results for on Chrome only. Most recent example, I was looking for an extension that would capture audio in the browser. Chrome has a great one, Chrome Audio Capture, precisely what I was looking for. Firefox had no analog.
For the record, it doesn't matter. I love FF. But I keep Chrome around - just in case I need something unusual.
Also screen capture for in-browser video, for tutorials and the like. I know you can do that within the computer itself, but having it as an extension on a portable version of FF meant you didn't have to do any sort of install on a computer that isn't yours. Screencastify on Chrome works brilliantly and has a ten-minute limit on the free version (plenty for most of my uses), but I've yet to find a suitable replacement on FF.
Have you tried firefox? chrome used to be better, but now they are the same or firefox is ahead imo.
If Chrome doesn't suck enough, are any of Firefox's features tempting? I've personally enjoyed the heck out of Container Tabs in all their forms.
i really like how you can customize the entire ui through css, I like the containers feature, I like the rss feature
If grabbing your login on a cetain web page and using it itself for sending your data to a third party doesn't make it suck enough, I don't know what else might. Or maybe I'm a bit obsessed with browsing privacy, IDK.