Firefox, like most modern web browsers, can be used to save login information so that they do not have to be entered by the user again on the next visit to a website or service. This behavior could be problematic on multi-user systems if users manage to get access to a user’s Firefox installation as [...]

Categories: Browsing, Email, Firefox

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 [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Day 17 of the Ghacks Christmas Giveaway. The giveaway is slowly reaching the end with another week to go before it closes its door for this year on December 24. Today’s application is the popular password manager, note taking and form filler RoboForm. RoboForm is available for Microsoft Windows operating systems and can be installed [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, ie, Software, Windows

The Master Password in the Opera web browser is protecting the saved user passwords from being accessed by anyone locally. It provides pretty much the same functionality that the Firefox Master Password does. There is however one difference. The Firefox Password Manager protects the list of websites, usernames and passwords which can be viewed after [...]

Categories: Browsing, Opera

While the Master Password in Firefox is a useful security addition it can soon become a burden if you lost the password that you entered there. There is no way of simply looking into a file and copying your master password from it, would not make much sense at all to add a master password that could be looked up in a file.

Categories: Browsing, Firefox