As long as you’re careful with what data you entrust to them (probably not your banking information), Firefox’s password manager is useful and convenient. With that out of the way, it is also important to know that Firefox Password Manager is a great tool for passwords that won’t make or break you if compromised.

For more information on the gritty details, visit the official blog post. This raises some concerns, because if Mozilla can access your Firefox Sync account – technically, so can hackers. That key is stored online by Mozilla, and can be employed by users to reset their username and/or password. Now, despite Firefox Sync passwords being encrypted locally with end-to-end encryption, a key is generated from the username and password.

This was done to provide a better user experience, as their past system didn’t allow users to recover or reset lost/forgotten passwords. However, in 2014 they officially switched to a more traditional cloud-based syncing solution. In the past, Firefox Sync used a pretty beefy system to secure your data. Unfortunately, Firefox Sync is another story. Provided you create a complex master password in addition to using the service, Firefox Password Manager should store your data securely using a 256-bit AES cipher. What's more, Firefox can only store web-based passwords, which means you won’t be able to use the password manager with non-web-based programs/information. For example, Firefox can’t generate strong passwords for you. Import passwords from Chrome/Internet Explorer (Windows only)įirefox’s browser-based password manager doesn’t compare to stand-alone password manager programs.Store/file web-based usernames & passwords.The Firefox Password Managers features are pretty basic: In addition, Firefox is also open source and doesn’t pass your personal data to their parent company like other mainstream browsers do. Without this option, other mainstream browser-based password managers are too much of a security risk to use. Currently, Firefox is the only browser that offers you the ability to encrypt all of your passwords with one master password.

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