Firefox Profiles: Private, Focused Spaces for All the Ways You Browse
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Mozilla announced a new feature in Firefox that allows users to create multiple profiles for different browsing contexts, sparking discussion on its potential benefits for organization and privacy.
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I used to use Firefox profiles to separate work and personal over 10 years ago, nowadays I just use a different browser.
Last I checked, it didn’t, and it was quite annoying, coming from Chrome.