Mozilla rolls out recovery key option for Firefox accounts

[ekim68]

Mozilla announced today a new recovery option for Firefox Accounts, the user system included inside the Firefox browser. Starting today, users can generate a one-time recover key that will be associated with their account, and which they can use to regain access to Firefox data if users ever forget their passwords.

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[Johnny b]

I've never felt good about storing sensitive data like passwords somewhere else other than my direct control.
IMO, it's what backups are for and I only do that locally.