I got some random selection of Bookmarks suddenly lost from Firefox Bookmark Folders, some Folders entirely cleared… I’m I the only one?!

  • @Floufym@lemmy.world
    5•1 month ago

    I got something similar after a Firefox update. You can get them back by re-selecting the correct profile. I don’t remember exactly how but Internet should be able to help you there

  • @Dymonika@beehaw.org
    3•1 month ago

    Waterfox user here with no problems: All I can think of is that someone with access to your account (like maybe a family member while you were logged in) accidentally or purposely deleted them.

    Sorry that happened to you. Change your password and make a backup next time!

  • AToM.exeދިވެހި
    2•1 month ago

    Now you’re making me worried.

    I have a lot of important stuff bookmarked…

    Can anyone recommend a good bookmark manager?

  • @mlemiputty@sh.itjust.works
    1•1 month ago

    I tried searching for anyone else with this issue a month and a half ago, because this happened to me. The bookmarks I lost were not all nested, and I’ve notice this happen in windows 11 (all exploit protection disabled), and debian 12(both OS different browser profile) I wondered if maybe using the ‘Exit’ in menu instead of X/middle click tab to close might be related, but I don’t know any code evidence in recent releases to corroborate this. This issue was first recognized for me about 2-3 firefox versions ago. 32gb ram i9 9th gen, I use privacy badger, privacy possum, adguard with most filters enabled, decentraleyes, and user agent switcher. I always run in private browsing. I don’t think this is related to a malicious website.

    I do not have any sync agents like firefox sync enabled. One instance has about 50~ bookmarks with 3 folders no subfolders, one instance has about 500 with many subfolders.

    I assume only recently added bookmarks have disappeared, but I have no way to verify and my memory wasn’t perfect.

      • @mlemiputty@sh.itjust.works
        1•1 month ago

        AdGuard/uBlock aren’t very different from each other. I’ve used AdGuard for a long long time, and the browser plugin isn’t their only tool I’m familiar with.

        If I need better isolation between active sessions, I either end my current session or hop in a VM. Firefox containers are far from perfect and not sure why it was mentioned.

        Last time I did my tests, Strict + PP + PB altogether had my preferred outcome on modified/blocked data. Resist fingerprinting did not touch everything I wanted either.

        I use UAS to access sites made for other platforms, not to avoid tracking

        Decentraleyes: CDN’s are not that simple. I have heard there is a better addon for this now though

        I add/delete/modify multiple bookmarks a day, and noticed when i use menu-quit it hasn’t happened since. Many applications used to clean up differently this way, so I’m not sure. But I do know memory management on different platforms is becoming more and more of a nightmare to track/utilize changes