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Firefox:Master Password

Posted on 17. Feb, 2009 by Nikhil Sheth in Browsers

Many people use Firefox nowadays. Its one of the best browser available. If you plan on having firefox remember any passwords for you, make sure you also setup a master password. If you don’t do that , someone with physical access to your computer can find them. All an attacker would have to do is :

• click options
• click security
• click saved passwords
• click show passwords

Phew! Plain text passwords!

So, you either use a master password, or you don’t let firefox remember your passwords! Simple, right?

Better option would be using master password.

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Tags: Firefox