Anyone care to share views on why this question isn't getting any replies? 

On Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 3:34:39 PM UTC+2 Dale Newton wrote:

> Unlike Firefox desktop, Firefox Android has no master password protection. 
> Any passwords in the password store are accessible simply by clicking on 
> the password once the phone is unlocked, which might be protected by 
> nothing more than a relatively weak swipe pattern, as a long/complex 
> screenlock password is overkill for all purposes except their password 
> store for some users.
>
> Aside from the inconvenience factor, users may also still accidentally 
> sync all their passwords to mobile. This can happen as a result of 
> including passwords in the list of things to sync in settings on desktop. 
> There is no way, for example, to sync passwords across devices which have 
> better security options (eg Desktop) but not sync passwords to mobile 
> devices. Users may not realize this when configuring sync on their other 
> devices, leading to all the passwords syncing to their mobile Firefox.
>
> Why has Mozilla never addressed these security concerns (eg. with a a 
> simple master password option)?
>
> Dale.

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