Share Website Sessions

Share Website Sessions

Allows you to share already signed into website sessions with your friends or your other devices via email, chat, or Firefox's Synced Tabs functionality.

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What is Share Website Sessions?

Share Website Sessions is a Firefox add-on that allows you to easily share already signed in website sessions with friends or other devices. You can share via email, chat, or Firefox's Synced Tabs functionality, making it convenient to access your sessions across different platforms.

Merlin
Stats
Stats date:
Users: 90 ▲ 10
Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2018-02-23)
Creation date: 2018-02-23
Weekly download count: 20
Firefox on Android: Yes
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • alarms
  • cookies
  • <all_urls>
  • webNavigation
  • browsingData
  • tabs
Size: 8.65K
URLs: Website
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Edge
Merlin
Summary

This extension allows you to share already signed into website sessions with your friends or your other devices via email, chat, or Firefox's Synced Tabs functionality.

This extension works with MOST websites like reddit.com & netflix.com, but not extremely secure ones like google/gmail.

Instructions:

  1. Install this extension on both devices. If one of your devices is Android and the other is a Laptop make sure to use the "Request Desktop Site" checkbox this will enhance compatibility (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-change-desktop-view-firefox-android)
  2. Sign-in to your favorite website on the first device
  3. Click on the double arrow icon in the URL bar and you will see the icon disappear (see 1st screenshot)
  4. The URL will change to have _cookies_ in it (see 2nd screenshot)
  5. Send this new URL with _cookies_ in it via email, chat or Firefox's "Synced Tabs" to the 2nd device that has this extension installed and simply paste this URL into the browser.
  6. You should now be logged into the website on the other device!
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Safety
Risk impact

Share Website Sessions is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Share Website Sessions if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Share Website Sessions has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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