With the announcement that Cambridge Analytics was collecting info on Facebook users without their explicit consent, more and more users are concerned about using the platform and what that means for their privacy.

In response, Mozilla has released an extension for their Firefox browser that limits what Facebook can track beyond the open browser tab. Installing the Facebook container extension keeps tracking limited to what occurs in the open browser tab that is currently displaying Facebook. Any activity outside of that browser tab is off limits and for the most part will not be reported back. This of course only works while you are using a version of Firefox that has the extension installed.  It does not limit tracking on other devices or browsers.

The downside is you  may not be able to use your Facebook account to login to other sites or be able to comment on sites that use the Facebook comment plugin.

Want to learn more about this extension and how to use it? Check out this Naked Security article.