Closed Bug 20162 Opened 25 years ago Closed 25 years ago

[RFE] Option to view signon passwords in plain text

Categories

(Toolkit :: Form Manager, enhancement, P3)

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Form Manager
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: andreas.otte, Assigned: morse)

Details

I think it should be possible to view the passwords in plain text that are saved
with the signon option. Of course this option should be protected with database
password. Otherwise it is very hard remember the passwords after some time and
it may be impossible to move the passwords to a new version of the browser or a
different browser.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
There would be a lot of objections from security people if such an option were
implemented.  But the beauty of the saved passwords is that it should never be
necessary for you to ever see your password again.  New versions of the browser
will always provide a way to migrate your old profile (the passwords are now
part of the profile).  Of course you won't be able to take it to an IE browser,
but why would you ever want to run such a browser ;-).

Therefore I'm closing this out as wont-fix.
I certainly will not, but I have that problem in the other direction. At work I
had to use IE (for some time, but that changed) and no way to migrate my
passwords. So I thought it would be a nice option, but I see the security
implications.
Updating QA Contact from paulmac to sairuh/
QA Contact: paulmac → sairuh
verif.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
[RFE] is deprecated in favor of severity: enhancement.  They have the same meaning.
Severity: normal → enhancement
Product: Core → Toolkit
QA Contact: bugzilla → form.manager
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