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Previously, websites used JS scripts to track user actions on the Internet, but according to a study ( https://orenlab.sise.bgu.ac.il/p/PP0 ) by a group of specialists, now a bunch of HTML + CSS is enough. The extreme danger is that even browsers with an emphasis on privacy - Tor, Chrome Zero, DeterFox, etc. are affected by this vulnerability.
This technique is called "CSS Prime + Probe", and is an indirect tracking technique, which has a relatively low accuracy. However, the researchers argue that even the accuracy achieved is sufficient to identify and track users, determining, for example, which sites they visited.
It should be noted that it is impossible to fully defend against such attacks. The main role in preventing side-channel attacks in modern browsers lies with the website developers. However, using cache delineation and isolation tools like Firefox Multi-Account Containers or SessionBox in Chrome can help you with this.
Firefox containers guard your privacy
Privacy is one of the most pressing issues in the 21st century. Modern methods of tracking users on the web allow advertising services to track the movement of users between websites and, based on the collected data, serve intrusive ads.
The Firefox developers have an extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/?utm_source=addons.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=search , which allows you to open sites isolated from each other other environments - containers. You can create containers for various purposes - be it study, work, or personal interests. Websites opened in containers have their own storage for cookies, cache and other data, which will make it difficult for ad networks and analytics services to track you.
In addition, containers allow you to open multiple copies of the same site with different accounts. For example, you can open several social network accounts at the same time or several mailboxes. You can also specify a container in which certain sites will always open. For example, the "Social Networks" container, in which Facebook and Vkontakte will open.
How to use different service accounts in one browser window
Sometimes it becomes necessary to work with several accounts of one social network. For example, such a task is faced by a small business that promotes services using social networks.
Previously, in such cases, they came to tricks: they used the "Incognito" mode in browsers, used several browsers, and sometimes even installed virtual machines. Today, this is fixed by a browser extension like SessionBox (SessionBox - Multi login).
With this extension, you can create virtual containers for tabs, in which all the data that was used to log into the service remains. This allows you to create several sessions and use them to work with one service under different accounts. It is also possible to create temporary sessions that will be deleted when the browser is closed.
The app is shareware and does not require registration to use. However, after registration, access to the synchronization of one session between several devices opens.
Previously, websites used JS scripts to track user actions on the Internet, but according to a study ( https://orenlab.sise.bgu.ac.il/p/PP0 ) by a group of specialists, now a bunch of HTML + CSS is enough. The extreme danger is that even browsers with an emphasis on privacy - Tor, Chrome Zero, DeterFox, etc. are affected by this vulnerability.
This technique is called "CSS Prime + Probe", and is an indirect tracking technique, which has a relatively low accuracy. However, the researchers argue that even the accuracy achieved is sufficient to identify and track users, determining, for example, which sites they visited.
It should be noted that it is impossible to fully defend against such attacks. The main role in preventing side-channel attacks in modern browsers lies with the website developers. However, using cache delineation and isolation tools like Firefox Multi-Account Containers or SessionBox in Chrome can help you with this.
Firefox containers guard your privacy
Privacy is one of the most pressing issues in the 21st century. Modern methods of tracking users on the web allow advertising services to track the movement of users between websites and, based on the collected data, serve intrusive ads.
The Firefox developers have an extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/?utm_source=addons.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=search , which allows you to open sites isolated from each other other environments - containers. You can create containers for various purposes - be it study, work, or personal interests. Websites opened in containers have their own storage for cookies, cache and other data, which will make it difficult for ad networks and analytics services to track you.
In addition, containers allow you to open multiple copies of the same site with different accounts. For example, you can open several social network accounts at the same time or several mailboxes. You can also specify a container in which certain sites will always open. For example, the "Social Networks" container, in which Facebook and Vkontakte will open.
How to use different service accounts in one browser window
Sometimes it becomes necessary to work with several accounts of one social network. For example, such a task is faced by a small business that promotes services using social networks.
Previously, in such cases, they came to tricks: they used the "Incognito" mode in browsers, used several browsers, and sometimes even installed virtual machines. Today, this is fixed by a browser extension like SessionBox (SessionBox - Multi login).
With this extension, you can create virtual containers for tabs, in which all the data that was used to log into the service remains. This allows you to create several sessions and use them to work with one service under different accounts. It is also possible to create temporary sessions that will be deleted when the browser is closed.
The app is shareware and does not require registration to use. However, after registration, access to the synchronization of one session between several devices opens.