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Firefox Lockbox Comes To Android To Ease Password Pain (cnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the interesting-products dept.

If you're a Firefox true believer, or even just a Firefox user, your password struggles just got a little easier with the release of Firefox Lockbox for Android devices. From a report: The password manager, based on login information already in Firefox, makes it easier to sign into apps as well. It integrates with login autocomplete systems in both Apple's iOS and Google's Android software, Mozilla said. It's not as fancy as password managers like LastPass, BitWarden, 1Password and Dashlane, and the only browser it works with is Firefox. On the other hand, if you're already in the Firefox world, it's basically already set up for you. There's no migration process as with dedicated password managers.

38 comments

  1. Worthless with redirected logins by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    A lot of the sites I visit use one page to serve up the log in and then redirect to a different site internally. At present, Firefox completely fails to handle that situation properly. It saves the internal site URL rather than the one you're actually on when trying to log in. And there's literally no supported way of changing the address that i't's looking for. There also isn't any way of manually adding the correct one.

    It seems crazy to me that I can change my username and password in the Fx, but not the address it's valid for and I can't just manually create a new login that's correct either.

    Still, it's be better than Chrome.

  2. how does Moz do this? by Micah+NC · · Score: 1

    Doesn't FF have a shoestring budget? How are they rolling out all this new stuff? I don't understand their business model.

    FF is the only browser that runs on my Mac at home.

    1. Re: how does Moz do this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If you call $500 million shoestring budget I don't know what you're on.

    2. Re:how does Moz do this? by DarkRookie2 · · Score: 1

      Mozilla doesn't understand their business model either
      Are they a privacy focused browser. I wouldn't say yes, with the ads now in the program
      Customization? Not really since they broke a lot of the addons with 57, some that cannot be replaced.

      The only thing I can see for a business model is coping Chrome at this point.

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      http://progressquest.com/spoltog.php?name=Son+Of+Son+Of+DarkRookie
    3. Re:how does Moz do this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No, the only business model is by LEADING, not following. Unfortunately, they have not been leading for a while, so their business model is flawed.

    4. Re:how does Moz do this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Actually? They have been, for a longer while. Your attention span is just shorter than their development cycle by a few orders of magnitude.

      The problem is that they keep adding features that aren't necessary and it's fodder for Chrome faggots with their "I can expose all my personal browsing data to Google .5 seconds faster" laser focus.

    5. Re:how does Moz do this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      FF is the only browser that runs on my Mac at home.

      Firefox *was* the only browser I ran. Until it became so bloated that it was consuming 15GB of user memory. Clearly Firefox never unloads anything from its caches because I only had two windows open with one tab each. 15GB for two tabs is inexcusable, regardless of how long the browser has been running or what it's been doing in the past.

      Shame on you Mozilla and your retarded software "engineers."

    6. Re:how does Moz do this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No wonder you're a fellow AC, if that's the best quality shitpost you're able to come up with. We really keep putting the K in kwality when it comes to our diatribes around here. It's not even fun playing along with Slashdot's haughty "Mozilla are incompetent" bent anymore.

    7. Re:how does Moz do this? by rtb61 · · Score: 1

      It's called Waterfox, https://www.waterfoxproject.or..., basically FireFox without all that teams arrogance on where you bloody tabs are, or how you search box is set out, or what settings you can change or what settings required coding that will be purposefully undone at the next update. Waterfox, Firefox without arrogance.

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      Chaos - everything, everywhere, everywhen
  3. No dice by DarkRookie2 · · Score: 1

    Requires an account to use.
    Don't trust them with my passwords.

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    http://progressquest.com/spoltog.php?name=Son+Of+Son+Of+DarkRookie
    1. Re:No dice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      You don't trust "SalesForce Marketing Cloud"? Do not run. We are your friends. Ack ack ack

      Firefox Account data: Mozilla receives your email address and a hash of your password when you create a Firefox Account. You can choose to include a display name or profile image. Your email address is sent to our email vendor, SalesForce Marketing Cloud, which has its own privacy policy.

  4. Convenient, but less secure by OneHundredAndTen · · Score: 4, Interesting

    One of the side effects of security is that things become more clumsy and inconvenient. When something becomes more convenient, chances are it also becomes less secure. Pick your poison.

    1. Re:Convenient, but less secure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      When something becomes more convenient, chances are it also becomes less secure.

      It also becomes more complicated. That's where software bloat comes from--somebody says, "Gee, wouldn't it be convenient if I could lick my phone's screen and it would automatically encrypt my email? This feature would be easy to explain to grandma, too. I could tell her that it's just like licking an envelope to seal it shut!" And suddenly, app developers all around the world are writing lines upon lines of code to implement lick-gestures. (If you lick up the screen it encrypts, and if you lick down the screen it decrypts. But if you accidentally lick to the right in a dating app, it might send an obscene message...)

  5. Android = Surveillance Platform by stevegee58 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Android is just a surveillance platform for Big Brother. Why pretend otherwise?

    1. Re:Android = Surveillance Platform by MightyMartian · · Score: 2

      If that's the case, then all the major computing platforms are "surveillance platforms for Big Brother." Is there some reason to pull Google in particular?

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      The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
    2. Re:Android = Surveillance Platform by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Not necessarily. You can use Android without a Google account, as I've been doing for over 5 years.

  6. The geek's lament by fluffernutter · · Score: 1

    99% of my passwords are ssh passwords. How does this help me?

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    Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
    1. Re:The geek's lament by AReilly · · Score: 1

      99% of my passwords are ssh passwords. How does this help me?

      If you're using passwords with ssh, then you're doing it wrong.

      Also, not every new thing has to benefit everyone. Companies introduce new things that are no help to me all the time...

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      -- Andrew
    2. Re:The geek's lament by fluffernutter · · Score: 1

      Unless you work in a place with security that realizes keys often stay the same for years and are therefore insecure.

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      Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
  7. Re: Firefox on Android? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    To make it clear, I am equating putting Firefox (vomit) onto Android (pile of shit) with vomiting (putting Firefox) onto a pile of shit (Android).

    I hope that clears everything up.

  8. Re: Firefox on Android? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    But it's the best vomit and pile of shit available. What to do?

  9. My money works for me... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    My money works for me (not the other way around): Try it sometime (takes a long time to get there - I worked from 16 to 46 to do so) - nothing like it in the world & it SHOULD be YOUR OBJECTIVE also (+ once SS kicks in, it'll be even smoother for me).

    * Small business IS the way - It was "preached" to me (almost literally, by JESUITS during my 1st of 2 degrees) & it is BETTER than being someone's "wageslave", for sure.

    (Do I have to still work? Yes - upkeep/maintenance/repair type but that's on MY time & dime (of which I've made sure I have PLENTY of BOTH + the profit is all mine & only thing constraining me there are competitors (who also 'force me' to update/upgrade but it's a GOOD THING in the end))).

    APK

    P.S.=> I pity you fools that waste your time either STALKING me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous OR that IMPERSONATING me etc. - don't you have BETTER THINGS to do? Apparently not & THAT will be YOUR DOWNFALL you know - idle hands = the devil's workshop & you exemplify that in your stupidity (you'll do what I said to yourself in the end & you'll wonder WHY? Don't)... apk

  10. Re: My money works for me... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    time to get back on your shift at the truck stop!

  11. Re: My money works for me... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    He said he doesn't have to do work you project you do. Excellent to see APK ran you dry of downmodpoints you abuse too!

  12. Re:Firefox on Android? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yeah, fuck that noise. I don't trust Spyzilla Data Harvesting and Selling Corporation.

    Use one of these:

    LessPass - Generate unique passwords for your accounts based on a master password. LessPass is a stateless password manager. It derives a site, a login and a master password to generate a unique password. You don't need to sync your password vault across every device.

    KeePassDroid - A password safe, compatible with KeePass. Keepass is available on all the major desktop platforms: on GNU/Linux KeePassX is a well-established client. Portable editions are available if you need to use it on a Windows machine. Supports both versions 1 (kdb) & 2 (kdbx) of the Keepass database. Supports MIPS and x86 natively.