4
1
Theoretically speaking would Keychain be safer to use in Firefox than Firefox's own password manager? The reason I ask is because Chrome is using Keychain.
4
1
Theoretically speaking would Keychain be safer to use in Firefox than Firefox's own password manager? The reason I ask is because Chrome is using Keychain.
5
Keychain is encrypted by default whereas Firefox password manager is not encrypted by default. You can use a master password with Firefox password manager at tools - options - security tab - use master password
but ultimately FF password manager is nearly 100% unsafe without a master password
1Note to self: Apply master password – 1.21 gigawatts – 2012-02-05T20:52:06.487
2
If you don't use a master password with Firefox, anyone with access to your computer can currently install an extension like Password Exporter and export all saved passwords in clear text.
1yikes! got it. note to self: apply master password – 1.21 gigawatts – 2012-02-05T20:45:00.373
see this SU question
– Raystafarian – 2012-02-05T02:34:53.250Thanks Raystafarian. One person in the comments mentioned Keychain would be more integrated than FF password manager. I'm guessing there are advantages or disadvantages to this approach. – 1.21 gigawatts – 2012-02-05T20:50:09.967
A centralized password manager has many usability advantages though — you only need to enter the master password once, it's easier to migrate and sync passwords, and you can browse all passwords in a single interface like Keychain Access. I don't really see why people keep using Firefox over a browser with better platform integration like Safari. – Lri – 2012-02-05T22:32:36.317
Thanks LRI. I've been reading up on this. What do you think of Mozilla Sync? – 1.21 gigawatts – 2012-02-06T17:59:08.390
Firefox has keychain integration services for mac users – None – 2012-03-21T03:49:58.817
@mossy Do you mean the Keychain Services Integration extension?
– Lri – 2012-03-21T07:16:58.647@1.21 gigawatts, I didn't get a notification of the comment — apparently the capitalization of the username has to match... I guess Firefox Sync would make sense if have to use other platforms than OS X and iOS (and don't use something like 1Password). – Lri – 2012-03-21T07:18:24.213
@Lri - It looks like they added an auto-complete since I last visited to help people with this. I do have to use other platforms. – 1.21 gigawatts – 2012-03-21T11:25:11.533