Firefox may soon ask for the Windows Password

[Snake4]

https://www.ghacks.net/2020/03/18/firef ... passwords/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1194529

[malliz]

Actually a very smart move

[Snake4]

is it? what if one was hacked an that hacker gained access to your computer an then gained access to your saved logins/passwords to websites you had saved? what are the pro's an Cons of this?

[LIMPET235]

A serious question...
What happens if you do NOT have a Windows log on password to start your M/C?


Besides which, why would anyone want to "trust" anything that MS does?
Security of all your passwords?
NO thank you!

[Grumpus]

Seems to me this will have to be system specific or it may becomes another proprietary move on the part of MS to limit access or content. Second thought if adopted generally by web sites could again limit access and be similar to those sites which only accepted MS.

[therube]

If I wanted a master password, I'd use a master password.
If I wanted a Windows password, I'd use a Windows password.

I fail to see what good there is if I decide not to use a master password, that my browser would then try to interact with a Windows password (which I may or may not be using).


I log into Bank of America.
Go to Online Billpay.
There I have my payees set up - where I (like who else would have) entered the payees details (name, address, telephone, account number...).
Periodically I may need to update said information.
Well one day, BoA, in their infinite wisdom deemed it necessary to have you work through a captcha - before allowing you access to modify a payees information.

So I set it up (no one else would), I want to change it (no one else would), but I am forced to answer a captcha before I can do so. (And quite obviously, I have already logged in to my account in order to do... anything.)

[malliz]

is it? what if one was hacked an that hacker gained access to your computer an then gained access to your saved logins/passwords to websites you had saved? what are the pro's an Cons of this?

You know anything about being hacked? I doubt it stop trying to come up with scenarios that make no sense. If your computer is compromised then most of the time the hacker has access to eveything. In some cases even to the bios level or what passes as a bios level now

As it is if you dont have a password on you pc then I seriously doubt this will affect you. Probably aimed at corporate users who have to have one set although most win ten users will have one or at least a pin.

[Alice]

A serious question...
What happens if you do NOT have a Windows log on password to start your M/C?

When no password is set, Firefox won't require authentication:
Bug 1622542 Unable to see or copy saved password if OS account's password is empty Status: VERIFIED FIXED Milestone: Firefox 76

[LIMPET235]

Ta muchly, Alice.
Good to know when I eventually install version 76.