Ask HN: What do Firefox containers do that Safari doesn’t?
I haven’t found any answer to this online but figure HN is the place to find out.
If I use Safari out of the box with third-party cookie blocking, default uBlock settings, and Pi-hole, what do Firefox containers add to the picture from a privacy perspective? Which specific types of tracking would be covered by containers and not these other tools?
Note: I’m not asking about UX or security unless it also has direct implications for privacy.
It lets you sandbox your activity - for instance, preventing google from linking your activity for a work account with that from a personal account.
It also adds some confidence that vulnerabilities won’t be used to track or crack sensitive interactions. For instance, if I log into my bank only in one container and browse untrusted sites only in another, I can be more confident that my bank account won’t be subjected to a XSS attack.
And then, some sites (AWS, I’m looking at you) make it really really difficult to manage multiple accounts from a single browser.
Finally, Safari’s extension ecosystem and developer tools kind of suck. This way I’ve got access to Firefox’s.