Closed Bug 696036 Opened 13 years ago Closed 13 years ago

"show passwords" is not secure

Categories

(Toolkit :: Password Manager, defect)

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Password Manager
Platform:
x86
Windows 7
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 394533

People

(Reporter: gpazi, Unassigned)

Details

(Keywords: privacy, Whiteboard: dupme) 

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1
Build ID: 20110413222027

Steps to reproduce:

Both in Firefox and Thunderbird, anyone can go to Tools->Options->Security->Saved Passwords->Show Passwords and see all computer-owner's passwords. 



Expected results:

There must be some password protection mechanism to this button.
Group: core-security
Component: Security → Security: PSM
Keywords: privacy
Product: Firefox → Core
QA Contact: firefox → psm
Whiteboard: dupme
Version: 4.0 Branch → Trunk
Password store and UI is not PSM at all... I can't find the dup right now but this can be solved by using a master password, otherwise it is not something that we want to change.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Component: Security: PSM → General
Product: Core → Firefox
QA Contact: psm → general
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Component: General → Password Manager
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
QA Contact: general → password.manager
Resolution: WONTFIX → DUPLICATE
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