Firefox to Get a Better Password Manager (named Lockbox)

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Firefox to Get a Better Password Manager

Mozilla engineers have started work on a project named Lockbox that they describe as "a work-in-progress extension [...] to improve upon Firefox's built-in password management."

Mozilla released the new extension for employee-use only at first, but users can install it by going to this or this links.

Lockbox revamps Firefox's antiquated password management utility with a new user interface (UI). A new Firefox UI button is also included, in case users want to add a shortcut in their browser's main interface to open Lockbox without going through all the menu options.

Support for a master password is included, helping users secure their passwords from unauthorized access by co-workers, family members, or others.

There are no public plans on Lockbox's future at the moment, but Mozilla will most likely ship it with Test Pilot for some user testing before deciding if to deploy it in the stable branch.

Firefox Test Pilot is a Firefox add-on that allows users to install, test, and vote on experimental features that may be added to Firefox in the future.

 

[brambedkar59]

Looks promising. Let's hope it doesn't get scrapped before even seeing the day light of stable branche.

 

[stacydhunter]

I think it will be helpful. Most of the people use weak passwords and they reuse them on different websites. Password manager store login information for all the website you use and log in automatically. They encrypt the password with master password. So better password manager make your website fully secured.

 

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source: Firefox Lockbox alpha by Mozilla replace built-in password manager - gHacks Tech News

Mozilla revealed a new version of Lockbox today, a password manager extension for desktop versions of the Firefox web browser that replaces the built-in password manager when installed.

Mozilla calls Lockbox an experiment to "test and improve password management and online security".

Lockbox is secured with a Firefox account which offers "newer encryption" according to Mozilla. Lockbox uses AES256-GCM encryption and HMAC SHA-256 "to hash searchable data".

Lockbox for Firefox

Lockbox is available as an alpha version. This means that it has several limitations right now that you need to be aware of before you install the extension.

First, there is no importing of passwords from Firefox or other password management solutions.

Second, there is no exporting of password data either, but syncing of date between different Firefox installations is supported as Firefox Sync can be used for that.