PhillipJones wrote:
In SM 1.x you could save "all" user-names and passwords even from
Banks and institutions. Those entities twisted Mozilla's arms in to
preventing That. Supposedly they would be worried that users would
protect those passwords. However Using a Master password encrypts
them so even if computer is stolen there would be some protection.
Some one came out with a method to cancel this change out.
In 2.1 this can no longer be done. And although you can save run of
the mill user-names and passwords you can no longer do so for Banks
and institution even though you have a master password and
encrypted.
So if I switch I will have to make a list of all of them and put in a
little black book. Making things even less secure.
You don't have to make it insecure. I have such a file on my computer,
but a thief wouldn't understand it because:
a) it contains no information about what it is or which data are
associated with which sites (but I don't have a lot of passwords, so I
can easily remember which is which);
b) it consists mostly of extraneous information that is unrelated to
passwords, and is named based on that content;
c) I don't save entire passwords; I create passwords consisting of a
hard-to-remember fragment and an easy-to-remember fragment, and save
only the hard part. So when I need a password, I copy/paste the hard
part and type the rest manually. This is like a very simple version of
the public key/private key technique used in PGP.
--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
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