They’re not perfect, but they’re better than password reuse that leads to hijacked accounts. Learn more Currently, it’s just your basic password manager This makes Firefox Lockbox a good option for those of us who don’t want to/can’t remember our passwords or lug around a suitcase stuffed full of sticky notes we scribbled them onto, and who don’t want to be bothered with transferring all their logins into a standalone password manager. Syncing between devices is done with 256-bit encryption. Outside of that kind of frustration, Lockbox for Android should fetch usernames and passwords for all your accounts from your desktop browser, just like the iOS version does. I say “purportedly” because there are (a minority of) users complaining on the Google Play store about mobile Firefox failing to sync with the desktop version. You can easily unlock the app using your fingerprint or Face ID, as well.
Granted, it only works with the Firefox browser, but it’s purportedly pretty easy to get up and running without any extra set-up: you use your mobile Firefox account, and it auto-imports the passwords you’ve already stored in your desktop Firefox browser. Lockbox is a simpler version of other, more feature-rich password managers, such as LastPass, BitWarden, 1Password and Dashlane. It automatically fills in the passwords saved on desktop to get into your apps, be it Facebook, Yelp, Netflix or anything else, on your mobile device. Mozilla says that Lockbox works with Android autofill to make it a seamless transition from using your Firefox desktop browser to your mobile browser. …the next step in our efforts to give people the advantage when it comes to keeping them safe online with trusted tools and services from Firefox. Mozilla already has an iOS version of Firefox Lockbox – one that it’s recently optimized for iPad. Today, many of those logins are the same ones used in the apps you download on mobile, so we’ve been working on making your various online identities work on your terms. On Tuesday, Mozilla, the maker of Firefox, announced that it’s brought its free password manager, Firefox Lockbox, to Android users, bringing what it says will be cross-platform happiness to Firefox users who have dozens, or even hundreds, of logins stored in their browsers. Diehard Firefox user? Devoted resister of the Google-in-every-nook-and-cranny Android mobile environment?
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