Security/Contextual Identity Project/Containers
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lightweight persistent contexts that isolate sites from one anotherContents1 Description2 How to Use Containers2.1 File Menu2.2 Hamburger Menu2.3 Open links in new tabs and containers3 Benefits and Use Cases4 Purpose-specific Containers5 Implementation Details5.1 What is (and isn't) separated between Containers5.2 An extended origin5.3 More information6 Making containers look different7 Discovering the feature8 Potential Difficulties9 Alternative Features9.1 Site-specific Containers10 Add-onsDescriptionIndividuals behave differently in the world when they are in different contexts. The way they act at work may differ from how they act with their family. Similarly, users have different contexts when they browse the web. They may not want to mix their social network context with their work context. The goal of this project is to allow users to separate these different contexts while browsing the web on Firefox. Each context will have its own local state which is separated from the state…

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