Firefox Master Password System Has Been Poorly Secured for the Past 9 Years, Researcher Says

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By msmashMar 18, 2018, 4:00 pm228 ptsTrending
Catalin Cimpanu, writing for BleepingComputer: For at past nine years, Mozilla has been using an insufficiently strong encryption mechanism for the "master password" feature. Both Firefox and Thunderbird allow users to set up a "master password" through their settings panel. This master password plays the role…

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