Firefox password generator generator#
Firefox password generator update#

If I'm not mistaken I earlier read that Lockwise was slated to replace the old Firefox password manager entirely within a few versions, and if it continues to grow features - specifically, a configurable password generator and the ability to add custom fields to the password database for, say, secret questions and what have you - then it'll be a definite competitor to the online managers, Lastpass, Bitwarden. Preferences -> 'Privacy & Security' -> 'Logins and Passwords' -> 'Ask to save logins and password for websites' will then have grown a suboption 'Suggest and generate strong passwords' which you can enable. If you want to look at things, in Firefox visit about:config and set to true. Yet, I thought I'd still post the heads-up here. If the site displays it as asterisks that feels rather wonky. a secure password generator, and even biometric login options.

Theyre securely stored in your Google Account and available across all. Firefox Password Manager cant compete with the third-party password managers on this. Moreover, while you can left-click a password field and see the suggested password if you do not yet have a login for the site stored, that doesn't seem to work when you do, and right-click password field -> Fill password -> Use a suggested password doesn't show said suggested password anyway. Manage your saved passwords in Android or Chrome.

Firefox password generator update#

x-lockwise) but the Firefox 69 which for me came in through Update Manager today adds a password generator, making things more interesting to start looking at.įor now, the password generator is experimental and frankly not a lot of use yet given that you can not configure it yet to, say, include special symbols. Other than the mobile apps there's for desktop users not by itself much difference with syncing passwords through a Firefox account (which in fact is the mechanism for Lockwise as well. A random password generator integrated in Firefox Lockwise on PC and Android must. For example, let's use a quote from Ogden Nash: 'Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.' If we use the first letter of each word, and substitute 4 for 'for', we get: Hihas4ei. Lockwise has been available now officially as apps for Android and iOS and as a browser plug-in since I believe Firefox 67. This option must be enabled as in Google Chrome (request fingerprint). You can create a more secure password by starting with a simple phrase. , and I had personally during my last survey concluded that I wanted to wait and see what Firefox Lockbox, now Lockwise, was going to be. This forum has seen a number of threads on password managers, Lastpass, Bitwarden, KeePassXC.