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Stan Brown
Not unless they have the master password.
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Char Jackson
Only if you enable the master password feature. It's disabled byNot unless they have the master password.Yes it does, if you enable it. It's way insecure - anyone with physicalPeter said:[quoted text muted]
Some applications have an option, when a password
is entered, to save this.
Notoriously, Firefox doesn't.
access to the machine can see all of them.
default.
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Stan Brown
Why on earth would anyone *not* enable it?Only if you enable the master password feature. It's disabled byNot unless they have the master password.Peter Jason wrote:
[quoted text muted]
Some applications have an option, when a password
is entered, to save this.
Notoriously, Firefox doesn't.
Yes it does, if you enable it. It's way insecure - anyone with physical
access to the machine can see all of them.
default.
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Char Jackson
Obviously, not everyone needs it...Why on earth would anyone *not* enable it?Only if you enable the master password feature. It's disabled by[quoted text muted]
Some applications have an option, when a password
is entered, to save this.
Notoriously, Firefox doesn't.
Yes it does, if you enable it. It's way insecure - anyone with physical
access to the machine can see all of them.
Not unless they have the master password.
default.
K
Ken Blake
Why on earth would anyone *not* enable it?Only if you enable the master password feature. It's disabled by[quoted text muted]
Some applications have an option, when a password
is entered, to save this.
Notoriously, Firefox doesn't.
Yes it does, if you enable it. It's way insecure - anyone with physical
access to the machine can see all of them.
Not unless they have the master password.
default.
For the same reason that many people don't do backups.
Ignorance of the risks.
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Char Jackson
And/or acknowledgment and acceptance of the risks.Why on earth would anyone *not* enable it?On Tue, 6 Nov 2012 23:06:02 -0500, Stan Brown
[quoted text muted]
Some applications have an option, when a password
is entered, to save this.
Notoriously, Firefox doesn't.
Yes it does, if you enable it. It's way insecure - anyone with physical
access to the machine can see all of them.
Not unless they have the master password.
Only if you enable the master password feature. It's disabled by
default.
For the same reason that many people don't do backups.
Ignorance of the risks.
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Ken Blake
And/or acknowledgment and acceptance of the risks.
A possibility? Yes.
Likely that that's true of many people? No.
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G. Morgan
It's not anywhere near as secure as Lastpass or KeePass, plus it onlyStan said:Why on earth would anyone *not* enable it?
works for FF. Lastpass works on any browser, and mobile devices (paid
version). Also, if you need a password on a computer that isn't yours,
visit the Lastpass website to retrieve it.
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Mike Barnes
.... having balanced the risks against other factors such as convenience.Char Jackson said:And/or acknowledgment and acceptance of the risks.On Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:40:18 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:
On Tue, 6 Nov 2012 23:06:02 -0500, Stan Brown
[quoted text muted]
Some applications have an option, when a password
is entered, to save this.
Notoriously, Firefox doesn't.
Yes it does, if you enable it. It's way insecure - anyone with
physical
access to the machine can see all of them.
Not unless they have the master password.
Only if you enable the master password feature. It's disabled by
default.
Why on earth would anyone *not* enable it?
For the same reason that many people don't do backups.
Ignorance of the risks.
My copy of Firefox has many dozens of passwords stored, but I wouldn't
dream of applying a master password. There's no point. Those are all
passwords that I really don't much care about. If a password mattered, I
wouldn't key it into Firefox.
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Gene E. Bloch
Stan Brown wrote:
KeePass also works on Android devices as well as Windows computers.It's not anywhere near as secure as Lastpass or KeePass, plus it only
works for FF. Lastpass works on any browser, and mobile devices (paid
version). Also, if you need a password on a computer that isn't yours,
visit the Lastpass website to retrieve it.
Their website indicates unofficial ports to a number of phones and to
Linux & Macs, as well.
http://keepass.info/index.html
See more info on the download page.
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Stan Brown
That's what you get for quoting out of context.It's not anywhere near as secure as Lastpass or KeePass, plus it only
works for FF. Lastpass works on any browser, and mobile devices (paid
version). Also, if you need a password on a computer that isn't yours,
visit the Lastpass website to retrieve it.
The "it" was the master password _if_ you use Firefox passwords,
which -- as I've already explained -- I don't. I use KeePass, as
I've already explained.
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