Ever forgot a site password? Use Firefox to retrieve.

telecommatt | October 20, 2008

This is a pretty good tip for retrieving lost passwords. It’s also a beautifully easy way for your roommate to gain access to your digital life. Personally, I’d rather just click on the “Lost Password?” link that most sites put just below the login screen, but the Firefox thing is still a good thing to be aware of.

clipped from muzich.blogspot.com

To view the passwords associated with any site, go to the log-in page and right-click anywhere on the page.

Select View Page Info, and then the Security tab.

Click View Saved Passwords. Another window will pop up showing the usernames associated with that site

Click Show Passwords to see the passwords for each username.

If you want to view all of your saved usernames and passwords, open Options under the Tools menu and select the Security tab.

Click Saved Passwords to open a list of every site you’ve ever saved a password for

Again, click View Passwords and the list will display all of your passwords. You can’t print this list, but you can just as easily take screenshots if you want to print out your passwords for safekeeping.

Of course…this a security hole

password-protect your passwords

Options | Security tab, click Use a master password and enter a password. Now this password will have to be entered any time you or anyone else tries to view saved passwords.