Comments on: Plaintext passwords in Firefox

By: Firefox and IE Vulnerable to Password Theft at CypherHackz.Net

Firefox and IE Vulnerable to Password Theft at CypherHackz.Net — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:12:17 +0000

[...] Btw incase you don’t know yet, you also can discover saved passwords in Firefox. It is really dangerous if your computer use by multiple [...]

By: CypherHackz

CypherHackz — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:04:14 +0000

Hallaj:
Yup. But I am sure that I never save any passwords in Firefox. Hmm…although I use multiple passwords but I still remember all of them.

mypapit:
Same here. I have disabled it from keep asking me. :)>-

By: mypapit

mypapit — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 08:46:19 +0000

yeah, i’ve tried it, that’s why i turned off the feature. Who knows somebody will steal all of your passwords, or design a malicious software that could mine your firefox passwords?

By: Hallaj

Hallaj — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 08:27:28 +0000

I would say storing password is a bad practice. Even if its not stored in plaintext, someone can still unecrypt it easily. So I would say, I have never believed in it and I dont think I ever will. Storing it in my brains works just fine and I always remember to click “NO!” when they ask to store passwords. Perhaps, you tried to do the same and accident hit “YES!” while having “Do Not Ask Me This Again” ticked. Whatever it is, thanks for the sharing the information

p/s: I dont have any stored passwords on my side, just checked to confirm before posting this reply

By: CypherHackz

CypherHackz — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:15:43 +0000

I have tested it on my Firefox and it really shows me passwords that I saved. But I don’t know when did I saved my passwords.

By: MikeDawg

MikeDawg — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:08:34 +0000

Interesting, its really amazing that you think you’re a great hacker. You click on a button that says “view saved passwords” and you’re completely thrown back when it shows you saved passwords. Who would have ever believed that?