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Passwords are stored as plain text #5

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jmc-88 opened this issue Oct 13, 2011 · 3 comments
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Passwords are stored as plain text #5

jmc-88 opened this issue Oct 13, 2011 · 3 comments
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jmc-88 commented Oct 13, 2011

It looks like browsedata.db contains all the password saved via the password manager in a plain text format. Moreover, the preferences window shows all of them, and without even asking for a master password or something like that. This means exposing the user's data to any occasional user of the machine... not good! :)

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nowrep commented Oct 13, 2011

Hello,
passwords in other browsers as far as I know are also stored in plain text. At least in Firefox.
So I will add it to TODO list and maybe implement it in future.
But for now, I am closing this issue.

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jmc-88 commented Oct 13, 2011

Ok, probably file system permissions might be enough to keep the data secret from other users in the meanwhile, but I'd like to see the passwords hidden from the GUI at least. :)
Thanks for replying so fast! This little browser is awesome.

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nowrep commented Oct 28, 2011

I have implemented it in 13f5d9a, passwords are now shown as **** until you click "Show passwords" button.
I think it is enough for now, it's the same behaviour as in Firefox

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