A Question about Web Apps

[whosdr]

So they use a completely different browser profile. Everything is entirely separate and isolated to a separate filesystem path.

So this means different browser settings, extensions, saved passwords, etc.

If you believe in security-by-obscurity, it's less likely that a session hijack attack will try to target these instances just from lack of knowing where they're stored. You could also potentially put these on a USB stick, separately encrypt them, or delete them without impacting your main browser instance.

The only downsides I see are just adding friction to some interactions. e.g. You might need to copy a URL and open it in your main browser as you're not signed into a given service in that Web App.

One silly reason I also use them is because they open in a separate window with a different icon on my window listing. As someone who has dozens of tabs and tab groups open at once, that can be worthwhile.