*** This bug is a security vulnerability ***
You have been subscribed to a public security bug by Jamie Strandboge
(jdstrand):
Binary package hint: firefox
When a web page prompts you for the answer to a question you have
previously answered, Firefox prompts you with that previous answer. This
has serious security implications when it comes, for instance, to
password recovery.
Example:
I forgot my online banking password yet again, so I go through the recovery
process and find that Firefox tells me the answers as soon as I type the first
letter. This means that anyone with physical access to the computer can change
my password.
What is needed is a simple and obvious method (i.e. NOT using
about:config!) to disable Firefox's memory of previously typed responses
for certain pages/sites, but without disabling it globally because it is
otherwise a very useful feature.
** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Firefox prompts with correct answers during online banking password recovery
process
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/231252
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