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Transfer passwords to another browser without asking

Icing — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 15:14:36 GMT

Other browsers can access saved passwords in Firefox. My case: When installing "Yandex browser", it transferred all saved passwords and cookies from Firefox without permission and automatically logged in to sites, even bypassing two-factor authentication. It seems to me that the Mazilla Firefox developers should store passwords more securely so that third-party applications cannot steal all passwords so easily.

Re: Transfer passwords to another browser without asking

jscher2000 — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 21:29:41 GMT

Hi, you need to take an extra step to secure the local data file that stores logins. See this article:

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/use-primary-password-protect-stored-logins

In a perfect world, that would be enabled by default. But considering the numbers of times I've forgotten a password, I totally understand why that would be a problem for other forgetful users who have to start from scratch on building their saved logins again.