FTonsilStones@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTwin brothers wipe 96 gov't databases minutes after being firedarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square72linkfedilinkarrow-up1500arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·4 days ago the same reasons web browsers store them in plain text Why one web browser stores them in plain text. Fucking Edge. Who knows about the others, but I can pretty much guarantee you that Librewolf, for example, isn’t doing that shit.
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoFirefox and chromium browsers also store them in plain text. I know because I literally copied them from a file when setting up my password manager.
minus-squarerailwhale@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoI believe Firefox (and forks) only encrypt if you have set a master password.
Why one web browser stores them in plain text. Fucking Edge.
Who knows about the others, but I can pretty much guarantee you that Librewolf, for example, isn’t doing that shit.
Firefox and chromium browsers also store them in plain text. I know because I literally copied them from a file when setting up my password manager.
I believe Firefox (and forks) only encrypt if you have set a master password.