strange firefox behavior with X tunneling via ssh



If I'm on system a as user a and I ssh (using X tunneling via ssh -XC)
into system b as user b and run firefox as user b so that firefox
is displayed on system a over X, then if I run firefox on system a as
user a (from the gui) firefox starts with user b's bookmarks and other
contextual info (cookies, etc.)!

Why is this happening?
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