(In reply to Brian Smith (:briansmith), was bsm...@mozilla.com (:bsmith) from comment #95) > Shouldn't the users that care about protecting their passwords be using > full-disk encryption with a system password already? Why don't we just > remove the master password mechanism on Linux completely, and rely on users > use of operating-system-level protection of their whole profile?
Full-disk encryption won't be available to whoever is storing its data on a computer he/she doesn't control. For example you might have to keep your profile on a shared drive when working in an office (alas that's a situation I have been in multiple times) and for those use cases providing a way to encrypt your saved passwords is very important. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217300 Title: Seahorse integration Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: firefox The Seahorse SSH integration totally rocks! Would it be possible to integrate Firefox with Seahorse to manage web site passwords or the Firefox master password? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/217300/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
