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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/d/msgid/dev-security-policy/ac2a34a2-8219-4f8a-9d04-2779d5e00456n%40mozilla.org.
