Firefox users (Security)

  • haywardbound
    New Brighton, MN
    Posts: 1107
    November 16, 2009 at 9:43 pm #1264916

    I’m not sure if many people know about this, but I had no idea. Your stored passwords can be seen by other people that use your computer.

    Go to Tools -> Options -> then Security. Clicking saved passwords shows all the sites that have your saved passwords. At the bottom click Show Passwords, and there they are.

    What I have done in the Security area is to click the box that says ‘Use a master password’. This won’t protect it completely, but a little better.

    This might not be a big deal to some, but I use my laptop at work and sometimes my co-workers will use mine to look stuff up.

    I didn’t see this in IE.

    whittsend
    Posts: 2389
    November 16, 2009 at 9:54 pm #816263

    Or just unclick the “remember passwords for sites” button and enter a password each time. Clearing the history or private data doesn’t hurt either.

    lure_rat
    Minneapolis, MN
    Posts: 29
    November 17, 2009 at 12:53 am #816293

    Thanks for the heads up and a good tip. Now I have a place to find a few dozen pw’s I created over the past few years. I just hope I remember my “master password” 5 weeks from now.

    riveratt
    Central Wisconsin US-of-A
    Posts: 1464
    November 17, 2009 at 2:12 am #816299

    As mentioned there is an upside. finding the P/W that you thought you’d remember! Good tip just the same.

    haywardbound
    New Brighton, MN
    Posts: 1107
    November 17, 2009 at 6:51 am #816328

    Quote:

    Or just unclick the “remember passwords for sites” button and enter a password each time. Clearing the history or private data doesn’t hurt either.

    That is the best way, I’m sure. Unfortunately I have 30 sites in my list with a few different PWs. Only one fishing site though.

    My post was just a heads up. Has anyone found this with internet exploder?

    John Schultz
    Inactive
    Portage, WI
    Posts: 3309
    November 17, 2009 at 2:41 pm #816359

    Quote:

    Has anyone found this with internet exploder?

    I don’t, but don’t use it much. I don’t even see it with firefox. I have about 25 passwords remembered and none of them show up. I never have to log in to sites, but my remembered password list is empty.

    haywardbound
    New Brighton, MN
    Posts: 1107
    November 17, 2009 at 7:04 pm #816486

    Quote:

    I don’t even see it with firefox.

    Hmm, I’m using version 3.5.5 (firefox).

    Pete Bauer
    Stillwater, MN
    Posts: 2599
    November 17, 2009 at 7:31 pm #816499

    Quote:

    My post was just a heads up. Has anyone found this with internet exploder?

    I don’t believe there is a natively integrated way to reveal these passwords within IE.

    However……
    That being said, you can recover them in about 10seconds with many different programs. All saved usernames and passwords shown, right there in clear text…

    Best rule of thumb is to never save your passwords on a computer that anyone else may use.

    -Pete

    John Schultz
    Inactive
    Portage, WI
    Posts: 3309
    November 17, 2009 at 10:03 pm #816534

    Quote:

    Quote:

    I don’t even see it with firefox.

    Hmm, I’m using version 3.5.5 (firefox).

    same here.

    TimJones
    Lake Osakis,MN
    Posts: 241
    November 18, 2009 at 1:37 am #816569

    Don’t have an Options selection under tools. Maybe because I’m using a Mac and the Tools drop down menu is different than a PC.

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