FTonsilStones@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoTwin brothers wipe 96 gov't databases minutes after being firedarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 hours agoProbably for the same reasons web browsers store them in plain text: They don‘t care.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 hours ago the same reasons web browsers store them in plain text Why one web browser stores them in plain text. Fucking Edge. Who knows about the others, but I can pretty much guarantee you that Librewolf, for example, isn’t doing that shit.
minus-squareVeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoIf you can autofill passwords without authenticating in some way, they are probably either stored in plaintext, or encrypted with a key that is stored in plaintext. Cause, like, how is it supposed to magically encrypt it.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoThat’s how computers work, dummy. Magic.
minus-squareReuben@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoI believe Firefox (and forks) only encrypt if you have set a master password.
Probably for the same reasons web browsers store them in plain text: They don‘t care.
Why one web browser stores them in plain text. Fucking Edge.
Who knows about the others, but I can pretty much guarantee you that Librewolf, for example, isn’t doing that shit.
If you can autofill passwords without authenticating in some way, they are probably either stored in plaintext, or encrypted with a key that is stored in plaintext. Cause, like, how is it supposed to magically encrypt it.
That’s how computers work, dummy. Magic.
I believe Firefox (and forks) only encrypt if you have set a master password.