Tom AZ Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 For those of you who use Firefox and have it store your logins and passwords, have you ever had a situation where that information has been compromised, or is it relatively secure? Also, how important is it to use the "Master Password" feature in conjunction with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted January 31, 2008 Moderators Share Posted January 31, 2008 I dont recommend anyone do this. It just seems like your setting youself up to have bad things happen. I think someone posted a program on here not too long ago that would reveal the passwords rather easily.(I'm pretty sure it was both windows passwords and browser passwords.) If you just had to do this I would think it would be better to use something like this: http://www.filehippo.com/download_keepass/ Even then all it takes is one password to unlock every other password on your pc. Just doesn't seem worth it to save a few keystrokes even if the odds are slim you'll get hacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTskifreak Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I use it for websites like this...but I don't keep real sensitive information stored, like usernames to websites, where they can get at credit cards and such. AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpty Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 You may want to have a look at Secure Login which is a Firefox addon similar to the Wand in Opera. Don't know if it enhances security or what not but it saves me filling in login details if needed. Secure Login Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotse Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 You may want to have a look at Secure Login which is a Firefox addon similar to the Wand in Opera. Don't know if it enhances security or what not but it saves me filling in login details if needed. Secure Login Secure or not, I love it! Thankyou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom AZ Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 Actually, I've been reviewing RoboForm -- it looks pretty good (and fairly secure, I think??). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Actually, I've been reviewing RoboForm -- it looks pretty good (and fairly secure, I think??). I tried that a while back and it caused problems with Firefox so dumped it (plus it was far more bloated than what I needed it for) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom AZ Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 I tried that a while back and it caused problems with Firefox so dumped it (plus it was far more bloated than what I needed it for) I also had a problem with Firefox when I attempted to use the last free version of RoboForm. However, I downloaded the current commercial version, and so far, everything is running smooth as silk -- behaving just as it should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotdoge3 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 http://www.heise-online.co.uk/security/Cro.../features/74770 Framed up More than just cookie stealing is possible with JavaScript when the web browser has unpatched security leaks. Particularly Internet Explorer, Browsercheck site whether your own browser is vulnerable to such attacks http://labs.idefense.com/XSS.html http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....ng_security.asp so if get you cookie they come you, so dont Auto log me in bad. :mellow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malikor Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Use Mozilla Firefox with the following addons: Secure Login SafeCache SafeHistory KeyScrambler Secure Login protects you by basically sandboxing your stored passwords until needed by a webpage that uses the stored login information. SafeCache and SafeHistory protect you from threats caused by spyware that gets a hold of your cache and/or history. KeyScrambler encrypts any and all keystrokes so as to protect you from KeyLoggers. Happy Web Crawling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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