disable viewing of plain text password in TB

Hi,

Is there any way to disable the *viewing* of password in plain text
under Privacy->view saved passwords->show passwords.
I tried to see if any of the setting in about:config can help me, but
couldn't figure it out.

Thanks,
Ranjit

 

Ranjit wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there any way to disable the *viewing* of password in plain text
> under Privacy->view saved passwords->show passwords.
> I tried to see if any of the setting in about:config can help me, but
> couldn't figure it out.
>
> Thanks,
> Ranjit
>

If you wish to hide your passwords from someone with access to your
computer, then perforce you will have to adopt a Master Password. Then,
without the Master Password, a person cannot access the passwords - but
you will have to enter it every session of course as well.

 

Moz Champion (Dan) wrote:
> Ranjit wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there any way to disable the *viewing* of password in plain text
>> under Privacy->view saved passwords->show passwords.
>> I tried to see if any of the setting in about:config can help me, but
>> couldn't figure it out.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ranjit
>>
>
> If you wish to hide your passwords from someone with access to your
> computer, then perforce you will have to adopt a Master Password. Then,
> without the Master Password, a person cannot access the passwords - but
> you will have to enter it every session of course as well.

Thanks Dan.
Right now I do the same but was figuring out if there is a way to
disable the *feature* altogether.

 

Ranjit wrote:

> Moz Champion (Dan) wrote:
>
>>Ranjit wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Is there any way to disable the *viewing* of password in plain text
>>>under Privacy->view saved passwords->show passwords.
>>>I tried to see if any of the setting in about:config can help me, but
>>>couldn't figure it out.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Ranjit
>>>
>>
>>If you wish to hide your passwords from someone with access to your
>>computer, then perforce you will have to adopt a Master Password. Then,
>>without the Master Password, a person cannot access the passwords - but
>>you will have to enter it every session of course as well.
>
>
> Thanks Dan.
> Right now I do the same but was figuring out if there is a way to
> disable the *feature* altogether.
Yeah, there is a way, its called "Don't use that feature"

 

Ranjit wrote:
> Moz Champion (Dan) wrote:
>> Ranjit wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is there any way to disable the *viewing* of password in plain text
>>> under Privacy->view saved passwords->show passwords.
>>> I tried to see if any of the setting in about:config can help me, but
>>> couldn't figure it out.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ranjit
>>>
>> If you wish to hide your passwords from someone with access to your
>> computer, then perforce you will have to adopt a Master Password. Then,
>> without the Master Password, a person cannot access the passwords - but
>> you will have to enter it every session of course as well.
>
> Thanks Dan.
> Right now I do the same but was figuring out if there is a way to
> disable the *feature* altogether.

How about using a secure, password-protected Windows user account for
you and a separate user account for any others who use your computer?
Then you'd only have to enter a password when you start the computer,
not every time you restart TB during a Windows session.

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