Comment on Passwords, Backups and a false sense of securityComments−Tichy14yWhat about the password manager of Firefox? It seems to be better at remembering passwords from signup, so the only missing ingredient seems to be generating a random password upon signup.−rkudeshi14yLast time I checked, Firefox saved passwords in plain text. Has that changed?−apawloski14yFirefox is perfectly capable of encrypting the passwords you save -- you simply have to set a master password for your keyring.−Skalman14yNot if you use a master password.
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What about the password manager of Firefox? It seems to be better at remembering passwords from signup, so the only missing ingredient seems to be generating a random password upon signup.
Last time I checked, Firefox saved passwords in plain text. Has that changed?
Firefox is perfectly capable of encrypting the passwords you save -- you simply have to set a master password for your keyring.
Not if you use a master password.