Hi Andrea, Thanks so much for wanting to help with this project!
Although we're quite sure that Private Session is something that we want to happen, we're less sure about containers and multiple profiles. To get a sense for the problem, we came up with a few design ideas on how to create, access and destroy containers and profiles. You can see them on the wiki. But there are other questions that we'd like to know the answer to before we proceed: Do our users have multiple accounts for the same website? If yes, what for, and how often do they use it and keep each account open? What do they expect each container/profile to do, as some information is shared between them, and some are separated? And how do they work around this problem today? Do our users share their computers with many people? How do they do it so that each person keeps their own set of online identities? No browser today has any sort of protection against prying, overly inquisitive in-laws, so how do they work around this problem today? Our intention for the research is to determine which problem is more prevalent and in need of a solution more quickly. I'd love to do both, but we can only tackle one at a time. And plus, one approach may be immediately more beneficial and should be pursued straight away. Being the developer of two add-ons that solves the same problems we intended to solve, I think you have some important insights into this problem, and would love it if you could talk about feedbacks you've gotten and observations you've made. * How do users think about separating identities in separate profiles vs. windows vs. tabs? What's their mental models? * What are the most common sites that's been containerised, and how long do they typically keep it open? * How many user profiles have each person typically create * How do they subdivide their containers/profile? One for home & work, one for each family member, etc. * What are some features that your users want most? * What have you observed over the years, as more and more people use your add-ons? I'm in NZ and you're in the UK, so scheduling meeting will be a bit tricky. You can let me know if there's a good time to talk this week, but answering by email might be easier! _______________________________________________ dev-privacy mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-privacy
