Feature request: Multi-Account Containers like Firefox's one

[RoiArthurB]

Hello,

Request

I really love the idea of the Brave Browser, the new financial offer, and everything. But I'm a Firefox user and I'm concerned about privacy and what blocks me to Brave is the multi-account container plugin ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ )...

My usage of it is to create a unique container for GAFAM's services and has a unique profile (cookies, etc) for them where I can use all services in the same container. For example, I have a Facebook container where I'm using Messenger, Instagram & Facebook and outside this container pages can't see my Facebook cookies/login!

Elements of solution

So, thanks to chromium native sandboxing ( https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/lkgr/docs/design/sandbox_faq.md ) I think a similar option could be implemented in Brave.

Actual workaround

I know that I can use chromium profiles and isolate my browsing that way. But it's too hard to use (I want my container on the same window because I'm running 20 of them, I don't want 20 Brave windows on my computer... I'll be lost too quickly on them !) and I'm afraid plugins will relaunch themselves (which could quickly be RAM and CPU expensive).

[bsclifton]

related #1053

[RoiArthurB]

@bsclifton you've right, do you know where the development of this feature is? Is it in the exp version of Brave ?

[NumDeP]

Hi @bsclifton I don't wish for this to be closed as Arthur's points need to be taken on board but how different would this be to Session WIndows/Tabs #34?

Surely this would be just an enhancement on top of it.

[bsclifton]

Good point, @NumDeP - this could be similar to Session Windows/Tabs. But to @RoiArthurB 's point, that issue is scoped to only have Session Windows... meaning you'd have to have one window per unique session (and 20 windows already known to be undesirable)

[bsclifton]

@riastradh-brave is this a dupe of #1053?

In either case, can you provide an update in #1053? Thanks 😄

[RoiArthurB]

Hi all !

but how different would this be to Session WIndows/Tabs #34?

@NumDeP you link this exact issue... So yes it's similar on the way that it's the same web page/issue ^^"

that issue is scoped to only have Session Windows

Actually my point is to have different sessions within tabs (as Multi-Account Containers does in Firefox)

is this a dupe of #1053?

I think it is. Or at least it's very closely link !

[ghost]

#34

[bsclifton]

Thanks all- will close this as a dupe of #34 (session windows)

[techsk8]

Any news on this?

[kineticmeasure]

I'm switching from Firefox to Brave, due to the webapp that the company where I work seems to work better on chromium based browsers, and I'm trying to adapt my workflow to meet the privacy level that I used to have with Firefox Multi-Account Containers.

My first thought was that using different profiles to access different websites would solve this, but in practice it's not that simple...
Suppose I receive a link via e-mail (outlook) to a document that is on my company webapp. If I simple click on it, it will open a new tab on my default profile on Brave, instead of opening it on the profile that I use just for work...
Or if I'm on a news website, and click on, lets say, an Instagram link, it will just open another tab on the current profile, instead of opening it on the profile that I use just for Meta websites, as posted by @RoiArthurB...

I think Firefox Multi-Account Containers is superior in this way, once you can assign websites to always open on specific containers...

Is there any workaround for this on Brave that I'm not aware?

[FetchFast]

Perhaps we could simply allow opening a new Window with different profiles more easily?
The drawback for profiles is that the extensions need to be mirrored to each profile. It's a lot less convienient than Firefox. Brave users are interested in privacy and security. This feature would be a very useful aspect to that. I'm using Firefox more as a result. It reduces tracking.

edit: There are other similar issues related to this. Where is the central place to focus discussion on?

[gliptak]

also with profiles, credentials might need to be duplicated

[Adamantt777]

Yes, the Brave Multi-Account Containers extension is a very needed feature. I hope it gets created soon. Big thanks to anyone who can create it in the future.