Firefox To Get a Better Password Manager (bleepingcomputer.com)

Catalin Cimpanu, reporting for BleepingComputer: Mozilla engineers have started work on a project named Lockbox that they describe as "a work-in-progress extension [...] to improve upon Firefox's built-in password management." Mozilla released the new extension for employee-use only at first, but users can install it by going to this or this links. Lockbox revamps Firefox's antiquated password management utility with a new user interface (UI). A new Firefox UI button is also included, in case users want to add a shortcut in their browser's main interface to open Lockbox without going through all the menu options. Support for a master password is included, helping users secure their passwords from unauthorized access by co-workers, family members, or others.

Comments

Re:I hope they improved the UI

[queazocotal]

Showing your passwords on screen is an irreversible action if someone is watching your screen, or recording it.

Master password is new?

[LostOne]

I seem to have been using a master password with Firefox's password manager thing for ages so unless I'm delusional, that's not new functionality. Why is the existence of a semi-functional (can't be reset currently) master password on this "lockbox" thing even an important development? Does it protect something the existing implementation doesn't? Indeed, why do I even need an "improved" password manager when the existing one actually works? (Well, a UI button would be nice on occasion, sure, but that seems a fairly trivial thing to add and wouldn't need any fancy beta/alpha development phase.)