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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
And what on earth are "container tabs" and do I care?
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Container tabs are an attempt to isolate things in containers, providing a sandbox separated from other things. Container tabs hold containers.
The most notable container at the moment is one provided by Mozilla for Facebook, intended to keep your use of Facebook isolated from what else you do.
These are an expression of current concerns about privacy and being tracked online, with Facebook seen as a Worst Offender.
The things that track folks are programs trying to build profiles for advertisers who want to better target ads, and track what the user is
using to surf the net. Precisely who the user
is is irrelevant at that point.
The advertiser probably doesn't
care who the user is - only that they see ads they might pay attention to.
Who the user is will be revealed if they answer an ad, establish an account with a vendor, and buy something. Until they do, who they are is unimportant.
I occasionally ask folks going on about privacy "What makes
you special? You are one of hundreds of millions of users. Why should a
human being at Google, Facebook, or the like take any interest in
you?" I tend not to get meaningful answers.
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Dennis