On 21/04/10 09:03, Alan Pope wrote: > On 21 April 2010 08:41, Alan Lord (News)<alansli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Are you *sure* they are in plain text? >> > > No, but if someone has access to your entire home directory, and thus > all of .mozilla (and your passwords database) surely all they need do > is pick up that folder and plop it on their own filesystem? The > Firefox UI has an option to "show passwords".
That is indeed true but "plain text" is a tad misleading. You can always password protect the password manager to prevent easy access like this. Al -- The Open Learning Centre http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
