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  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Aug 27th, 2009
  • Comments: 2

Recover Firefox Master Password With FireMaster

The Firefox Master Password is a security option in the Firefox web browser that password protects saved login information in the web browser. These login information can be accessed directly in the web browser if no master password has been set.
We reviewed FireMaster back in 2007. The principle to recover the Firefox master password has [...]

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Categories: Browsing, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Nov 26th, 2008
  • Comments: 4

Firefox Mass Password Reset

It is a common among security professionals to use a password only once. Many Internet users on the other hand prefer to select the same username and password on all websites that they create accounts for to make it easier to access those websites. Having to remember only one password is easier than having to [...]

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Categories: Browsing, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 2nd, 2007
  • Comments: 10

Make sure you set a master password in Firefox

I can’t stress the importance of the master password in Firefox if you are one of the users who is letting Firefox save passwords for you so that you do not need to enter the password and username again when visiting the site at a later time. While this feature is surely comfortable and takes away the need to memorize usernames, passwords and corresponding sites plus the typing that has to be done when logging into a site it is a security risk.

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Categories: Browsing, Security, firefox

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