Passwords stored by Firefox

[Ed Greshko]

On 02/15/15 08:39, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> I was rather surprised to find that I could read the passwords
> stored by Mozilla/Firefox (Preferences=>Security).
> I always assumed they were encrypted in some way.
> Pure ignorance, I guess.

Check the box, "use master password" for "maximum" security.  You'll then need to enter that to display passwords.

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