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Is Firefox browser's password manager safe? If not, Are there any other free safe alternatives? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Squa64res@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] PeachMan@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

It only uses Sync if you set up a Mozilla account. If you prefer not to do that, you can still set a Primary Password and the passwords will remain local on your machine, encrypted: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-firefox-securely-saves-passwords