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Re: Firefox Lockbox

#11

Post by CodeXs » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 3:33 PM UTC

I was under the impression that the password manager for Firefox had some security issues.

Re: Firefox Lockbox

#12

Post by mimsee » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 3:33 PM UTC

The iOS app seems to be region-locked to U.S. only App Store.

Re: Firefox Lockbox

#13

Post by _verandaguy » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 3:35 PM UTC

Does this have any advantages over an out-of-band system like KeePass/2/X/CX?

Re: Firefox Lockbox

#14

Post by trash_panda » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 3:35 PM UTC

ddoolin wrote: post #9

For me, 1Password has taken care of this space for years, so I'm curious how this will compare.

It could be shipped by default with Firefox, facilitating user adoption. Also, free.

Re: Firefox Lockbox

#15

Post by Tiki » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 3:38 PM UTC

kyoji wrote: post #6

Love it. I don't love using LastPass, but I don't want to deal with the rough edges of KeePass either. Looking forward to the Android app. +1 for autofill API.

Rough edges in KeePass?

Re: Firefox Lockbox

#16

Post by vxNsr » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 3:40 PM UTC

Does this have safari integration?

Will it support iOS 12 auto fill?

Most importantly, how likely is this gonna disappear after a year or two like so many other Mozilla side projects?

Re: Firefox Lockbox

#17

Post by laurent123456 » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 3:45 PM UTC

_verandaguy wrote: post #13

Does this have any advantages over an out-of-band system like KeePass/2/X/CX?

Browser integration in Android/iOS?

Re: Firefox Lockbox

#18

Post by nyolfen » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 3:46 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #10

godelski wrote: post #5

So can someone expand on this a little? What are the differences between this and something like LastPass (other than this isn't an add-on). Does it provide app autofill? Does it prevent the same plain text decoding that browser password managers typically have? Is this useful? I'm legit asking because I don't know and would appreciate a security person chiming in.

The video shows the password being copied (to a clipboard), so I'm guessing it doesn't do autofill. Does iOS support autofill apps?

lastpass on ios autofills if you select it from the safari, uh, box-with-up-arrow icon from the navigation bar

Re: Firefox Lockbox

#19

Post by xyclos » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 3:47 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #10

godelski wrote: post #5

So can someone expand on this a little? What are the differences between this and something like LastPass (other than this isn't an add-on). Does it provide app autofill? Does it prevent the same plain text decoding that browser password managers typically have? Is this useful? I'm legit asking because I don't know and would appreciate a security person chiming in.

The video shows the password being copied (to a clipboard), so I'm guessing it doesn't do autofill. Does iOS support autofill apps?

As of iOS 12: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/authenticationserv...

Re: Firefox Lockbox

#20

Post by dangelov » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 3:47 PM UTC

If I'm already using Firefox on Mac, Windows & iPhone, what advantage does this bring over just opening the Firefox app on my iPhone and looking in Settings > Saved logins? Seems to me to be exactly the same, am I missing anything?