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reply to OZO

Re: How do you access more then one Google account at same time

reply to OZO
Here is the way I can launch any number of Chromium browsers (instances), that don't share data between them. In this example I use BAT file, shortcut to that BAT file, cmdh.exe tool, that can launch BAT file in hidden window. Shortcut opens new instance of Chromium in a single process mode, pointing to this web site. If you need to change that, please feel free to make your adjustments.

1. Create minimized default profile that you will use in all browser instances, that you want to launch later. To do so, remove history, and other unnecessary junk from your current profile, exit browser and save that profile folder to some location. E.g. I put it here: "C:\Tmp\chrm\p.def"

2. Download latest Chromium build (zip file) from this location and extract it into a folder. E.g. "C:\Program Files\Chromium" folder. You may skip this step if you have it already installed, but then you may want to adjust BAT file below then.

2. Copy this BAT file (make necessary adjustments, if you need):

:: © 2012 OZO
@echo off
set Program="C:\Program Files\Chromium\chrome-win32\chrome.exe"
set ProfDef="C:\Tmp\chrm\p.def"
call :GetUniqName
xcopy /S /I %ProfDef% %ProfNew%
%Program% -user-data-dir="%ProfNew%" www.dslreports.com/forums/fav --single-process
rd /S /Q %ProfNew%
 
:GetUniqName
setlocal
:GetNewName
set Name=%TEMP%\Chrm.%random%
:: Make sure it's unique:
if exist %Name% goto GetNewName
endlocal & set ProfNew=%Name%
goto :eof
 

reply to Brano
Fortunately instance of Chromium browser is not defined by OS's user login. You can run different instance of browser if you want just by specifying different profile (see definitions in this post). Personally I always run it with command line containing -user-data-dir option. It means that I don't use default profile, but rather a custom one. If I need to run a different instance, I launch browser pointing to a different profile. And now, with the BAT file posted above, I may launch unlimited number of Chromium browsers that don't share any data between them in case I need that. It's just like with old, good IE, but without all of this hassle ;)

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Keep it simple, it'll become complex by itself...

Sorry, you're not getting what the folks here »www.chromium.org/user-experience···profiles are trying to say. Read it carefully again.

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Because the data for all users which have been used for an instance of Chrome are associated with a single operating system identity, there is no expectation of special privacy. That is, there is no additional encryption of preferences and settings on the local machine other than that which already exists for user data directories in Chrome. Obviously, a password is needed to log in to a specific Chrome identity on the browser. However, no additional protection for the user data directories is planned.

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Thank you for citing it several times. I'm not looking for "expectation of special privacy" form other users on my computer. I'm not looking for an encryption mechanism to hide and protect data (history, cookies, bookmarks, etc) from other users on that computer (or, as they mentioned, from other "operating system identity"). No, I don't worry about that local protection. I'm looking for protection from potential cross-reference vulnerabilities, that modern browsers are exposed quite often to (thanks to the advertisement industry, subsidizing the development of all commercial browsers and making tracking of users easier, especially with third party cookies and other similar approaches). I want to make sure, that all session data, that I have in one web browser is completely isolated from access by the web sites, opened in other instances of the same browser. In other words, if I signed in in one browser and got session cookies, entered credentials, added history of visited sites, etc in the process, I want to make sure, that all that session data will not be accessible from any other browser instances.

With old IE it was simple - just make sure you run browser in a different process and it will not share session data between those processes. With Chromium it becomes more convoluted due to the way how now it opens many processes within one "instance" (hence the new term/way of isolation). That's the separate "instance", that I'm looking for for a cross-reference protection. And it looks like I've found it now. Thank you.
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Keep it simple, it'll become complex by itself...

reply to OZO
I see an official response about separation of incognito windows in Chromium:

reply to OZO
I can think of several ways to do what you want. If it's only monitoring multiple GMail accounts, use this Firefox addon:

Gmail Manager NG :: Add-ons for Firefox :
»addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox···ager-ng/

Manage multiple Gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications.

Iron Browser
»www.srware.net/en/software_srwar···load.php

Portable-Version for USB-Sticks (no Installation; no Admin-rights needed; Profils in the same folder)

reply to OZO
Another addon possibility for Firefox:

CookieSwap - »addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox···kieswap/

From the 'official' description:

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If you have multiple logins for web based e-mail accounts (like Gmail and Yahoo! mail), then CookieSwap enables you to easily switch between those different accounts by swapping the 'cookies' that the sites use to know you.

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reply to angussf
Thank you guys. Firefox runs well with several different profiles. I use BAT file (similar to published above) to run it with temporary profiles where I can log in independently.
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Keep it simple, it'll become complex by itself...