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Forced Password to open FF

Brianb253 — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 22:35:38 GMT

They did it. FF136 is now requiring a password to use FF. Granted that there is a work around, but it is annoying. I already have a Master Password (MP) set so all my data is safe, unless someone can crack a 24-character password. So why make me enter a password to open FF?

Why can't FF/Mozilla just leave well enough alone. Make your vertical taps or what not, but leave us users along. We use FF because it is still user friendly, but you are quickly forcing us to a different browser.

Please remove the MP requirement to use FF. If someone gets their browser hacked, that is their problem.

Re: Forced Password to open FF

FF-User72 — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 11:15:05 GMT

So, what ist the Work around, because the FF password prompt is a pain in the b...
However, I`m back to the previous version, waiting to get this issue fixed.
I dont want to run FF without a Master Password but I do not like to enter it all the time, when FF is starting up.

Re: Forced Password to open FF

Brianb253 — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 14:42:25 GMT

If one enters a password at the open of FF, one is vulnerable to access of protected sites. When one clicks on cancel then one is still protected because no password was entered. Now, an argument will be posted that once one enters the password to access a protected site, that opens all the other sites (except the security settings within FF). That is true, but a simple solution is to close FF when done.

Therefore, the work around is simply to cancel the initial Master Password when starting FF. Not a real solution, I know, but hopefully someone at Git Hub who doesn't like the password requirement will create a script that will bypass the requirement to enter a password.

Don't wait for FF to fix this because to them, it is not a bug. It is their intent to control what you do under the ruse of "security precautions". If WE do not practice good security, then we are to blame. We do not need an outside entity telling us what to do.

Re: Forced Password to open FF

PieterV — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 22:06:12 GMT

I was just confronted with this unnecessary and highly undesirable behavior of FF. I do not want to be prompted for the MP until needed and having to press [Esc] every time I start FF is not acceptable to me. If this is by some misguided design then it should at least be controllable through the settings. In the absence of a way to avoid this silly prompt I will consider this a very annoying bug that may prompt me to start using a different browser altogether.

Re: Forced Password to open FF

Brianb253 — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 21:44:17 GMT

V.136.01 just released. No change. This confirms it was intentional.

Re: Forced Password to open FF

bootsmann — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:18:01 GMT

Plx fix this issue now! I don't want to download a nightly build.

Re: Forced Password to open FF

Agentvirtuel — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:25:26 GMT

Hello

Apparently, according to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1946121#c32
Wait the Firefox release note https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/releases

At the present time

Re: Forced Password to open FF

Brianb253 — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:03:36 GMT

My ver. 136.0.2 on Win11 still requires me to use a master password to open FF. According to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1946121#c32 that was suppose to be fixed. I do not have any sync active between my Android FF and my Win11 FF.

Re: Forced Password to open FF

Agentvirtuel — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:15:15 GMT

Hello

136.0.2, I have tested and the password prompt is not displayed to open Firefox.

Is it this subject https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1je6btk/comment/mij3no6

awesome, now they only need to fix password popup when entering the settings page but the major pain is fixed at least

Indeed, I have tested.

Re: Forced Password to open FF

Brianb253 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:21:55 GMT

My FF received another 136.0.2 update. It is the second one, strange. This update fixed the forced password requirement. Thank you.