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Comment by freebsd_lovefes

16 hours ago

Or the reason to run Firefox in a FreeBSD jail to get server-grade security. But the question is can an attacker get access to the Firefox profile data? Because you cannot block that from Firefox, obviously.

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usr1106  16 hours ago

Sure, to some degree you must trust your browser. In the extreme case you could open a new, non-persistent browser session for every page you visit. Could be slightly inconvenient...

  • bmacho  13 hours ago

    Or you could have 2 (or 3) separate browser sessions, one for only important stuff, and one for fun.

    • jcul  9 hours ago

      Or Firefox containers.

      Not sure how that partitions the files on disk though, would probably need some code changes to work with some kind of firejail setup.

  • fsflover  11 hours ago

    > In the extreme case you could open a new, non-persistent browser session for every page you visit.

    This is seamless on Qubes OS: You just click a link and a new empty VM with Firefox opens. You close the browser, and the VM is destroyed. Can't recommend it enough.