# Facebook Container on Firefox detects tracker while reading a topic

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**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [July 23, 2020, 9:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-container-on-firefox-detects-tracker-while-reading-a-topic/158599 "2020-07-23T09:16:46Z")\
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> [@rishabh](#):
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> I’m not sure how much tracking is done here

There is zero tracking happening. The icon is just Font Awesome, served from the site own domain or CDN. This is a bug on this Firefox custom extension.

> [@rishabh](#):
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> does it make sense to remove Facebook from the **default** configuration for that setting?

I’d say no. There is no tracking until you click on the button. And after you click on a button with a Facebook logo inside a “Share this” modal, it is reasonable that you will be sent to Facebook.

> [@rishabh](#):
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> Facebook Container

I’d recommend using the Multi-Account containers extension instead.

> **[Firefox Multi-Account Containers – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/)**
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> Download Firefox Multi-Account Containers for Firefox. Firefox Multi-Account Containers lets you keep parts of your online life separated into color-coded tabs. Cookies are separated by container, allowing you to use the web with multiple accounts...

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