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

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.

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Worthless with redirected logins

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

how does Moz do this?

[Micah NC]

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.

Re:how does Moz do this?

[DarkRookie2]

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.

Re:how does Moz do this?

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:how does Moz do this?

[rtb61]

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.

No dice

[DarkRookie2]

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

Re:No dice

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Convenient, but less secure

[OneHundredAndTen]

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.

Re:Convenient, but less secure

[Anonymous Coward]

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...)

Android = Surveillance Platform

[stevegee58]

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

Re:Android = Surveillance Platform

[MightyMartian]

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?

The geek's lament

[fluffernutter]

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

Re:The geek's lament

[AReilly]

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...

Re:The geek's lament

[fluffernutter]

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