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[Solved] I'd like to switch from chrome, but all of my auto fill, and payment info. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ChamrsDeluxe@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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Is there a simple app that can transfer everything easily? Like my favorites, browsing history and everything, including autofill setting and whatnot? I really just don't want to redo everything and essentially start fresh.

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Thank you everyone! I've used chrome for so long and the last time I tried fire fox over 13 years ago it didn't auto transfer anything, so I had no idea. And I will look into a 3rd party for password storage.

I'm not super savy with some things, so I don't really know what you mean by "self hosting" but I guess I'll look into that too.

Again thanks! Looks like I will make the switch!

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[–] Underpay@feddit.nl 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If I remember correctly if you use your browser's password manager anyone with access to your PC can see your passwords, with Bitwarden or Keepass (or any other password manager) you need the master password.

Also I thought that the browser also saves the passwords unencrypted but I'm not sure if that's true.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can see more details about how Firefox protects passwords here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-firefox-securely-saves-passwords

[–] chayleaf@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Firefox Desktop uses simple cryptography to obscure your passwords

Obscure, not secure. It's trivial for any program you've installed to read them.