[go4saket]

Hello friends!

Most of the browsers these days have a feature to save user names and passwords. Is it safe to save our user name and passwords in these. Is there some file where all this data is stored. If yes, I am sure it wouldn't be very difficult for a hacker to extract data from that file.

Thank you.

[Callum_Dawson]

I too am pretty sure all passwords are stored in a file in your local program files. Well I just don't save my passwords because if you are with your mates and go toilet or something they sometimes sign in on your computer using your saved passwords and send e-mails from you and other stuff.

[perfume]

Originally Posted by go4saket

Hello friends!

Most of the browsers these days have a feature to save user names and passwords. Is it safe to save our user name and passwords in these. Is there some file where all this data is stored. If yes, I am sure it wouldn't be very difficult for a hacker to extract data from that file.

Thank you.

Dear go4saket,
Never save the passwords where others can find them! Distinguished members on this site advise you to save them in various ways! If you are using different passwords (with good-to-strong strength), take a hard copy, and i mean open your MS Word> website> password, another>website>password and take two copies from your printer. Hide one in your bank vault( i am not joking) and the second, in a place where only you can remember in the house/room/ Almairah,etc! Your passwords for specific websites should be as carefully kept hidden as your passport!

[TOGG]

I assume there is a file with the suffix 'pwl' (or something similar) in every browser. I do allow the Opera 'Wand' feature (crazy name!) to store the username and password to my operamail account but nothing else. The 'Wand' feature in Opera encrypts the information on the hard drive, and I would assume other browsers do as well, but I don't know what level of encryption it uses.

I don't do online banking (and I certainly wouldn't store anything if I did) and I don't store usernames or passwords for the occasional online purchases I make at places like Amazon.

[Mr. Newton]

I save my passwords in FireFox and am absolutely certain they are safe.They are as safe as anything else on your computer.Now if you add a hacker/keylogger etc, or anyone unauthorized into your computer then all bets are off. In that case nothing is safe.

[perfume]

Originally Posted by TOGG

I assume there is a file with the suffix 'pwl' (or something similar) in every browser. I do allow the Opera 'Wand' feature (crazy name!) to store the username and password to my operamail account but nothing else. The 'Wand' feature in Opera encrypts the information on the hard drive, and I would assume other browsers do as well, but I don't know what level of encryption it uses.

I don't do online banking (and I certainly wouldn't store anything if I did) and I don't store usernames or passwords for the occasional online purchases I make at places like Amazon.

Dear TOGG,
I was considering the worst case scenario, when i advised go4sacket,not to store passwords in the browsers,as exploits targeting browsers are on the rise! lotuseclat79's post about the Twitter employee's password and user name being hacked is a case to consider!

[hewee]

One thing is even with your password manager in Firefox and even with it password protected you still have the signons1,signons2 or signons3 file. If you open it then your see all the web sites. I even the whole email address for a site.

Cookie looked at can show info also. If you look at each for name etc some may show your user name so now they can see the user name so only need the password. But if it is in the password manager then it can still be taken. Not sure if you got the password manager locked with a master password if that protects you 100% because if I took a copy of your cookies and password file then I could play around with it.