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minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·2 days ago the same reasons web browsers store them in plain text Why one web browser stores them in plain text. Fucking Edge. Who knows about the others, but I can pretty much guarantee you that Librewolf, for example, isn’t doing that shit.
minus-squareVeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoIf you can autofill passwords without authenticating in some way, they are probably either stored in plaintext, or encrypted with a key that is stored in plaintext. Cause, like, how is it supposed to magically encrypt it.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThat’s how computers work, dummy. Magic.
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoFirefox and chromium browsers also store them in plain text. I know because I literally copied them from a file when setting up my password manager.
minus-squareReuben@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoI believe Firefox (and forks) only encrypt if you have set a master password.
Why one web browser stores them in plain text. Fucking Edge.
Who knows about the others, but I can pretty much guarantee you that Librewolf, for example, isn’t doing that shit.
If you can autofill passwords without authenticating in some way, they are probably either stored in plaintext, or encrypted with a key that is stored in plaintext. Cause, like, how is it supposed to magically encrypt it.
That’s how computers work, dummy. Magic.
Firefox and chromium browsers also store them in plain text. I know because I literally copied them from a file when setting up my password manager.
I believe Firefox (and forks) only encrypt if you have set a master password.