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End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

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Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

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Post by Groxx »

kelnos wrote: post #104
kevincox wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fantastic! I never liked having another app for passwords so I removed lockwise as soon as Firefox (the new one) got password support but was never aware that it grew autofill support!

I'm not sure how great this is, though, from a security perspective. When I select Firefox as my autofill provider on Android, I get this message: > "Make sure you trust this app" > "Firefox Beta uses what's on your screen to determine what can be autofilled." So, unless I'm mistaken, it sounds like the OS gives the selected app special privileges to read what's on the screen (at all times?). I would much rather have…

Basically. It receives a stream of accessibility data, so it can decide what is auto-fillable and what isn't. I'm not sure how much content that actually contains, but the app / UI structure / many other details are definitely in there.

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

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Post by admax88qqq »

jonchang wrote: post #54
trebcon wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Their messaging was pretty poor here imo. The email they sent me gave no clear indication that Firefox would have this ability in it's body.

These are the first paragraphs of the email I got: > On December 13th 2021, the Firefox browser will be officially "resorbing" Firefox Lockwise. Don't worry, all your saved Lockwise passwords will still be available through the Firefox browser using a Firefox account. > The Firefox Lockwise app will no longer be updated and supported by Mozilla and will not be available in the Apple App and Google Play Stores. After…

That email could be true if Firefox has autofill and if it doesn't. They only say you can access you passwords via the browser. They should have explicity mentioned that the browser now replicated thr autofill functionality of lockwise.

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

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Post by benjamir »

someotherperson wrote: post #14

Extremely happy about this. Mozilla has one job: building a browser. Half baked apps like Lockwise are a waste of everyone's time, including theirs. That's why they're failing terribly at their one job. Hopefully we see more culling of similar products and so that the engineering budget can steer back towards building a better browser and hopefully working back towards having a decent slice of the market.

https://calpaterson.com/mozilla.html

I would bet that a lot quackery will be sponsored before the core product gets its longtime bugs fixed.

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

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Post by slightwinder »

ksec wrote: post #69

I try to give Mozilla some benefits of doubt and wasted 5 min trying to search for an official note, PR , blog or something that provides more detail, in a simple and clear manner to explain the situation. They could have worded it as All Lockwise functions being integrated into Firefox, iOS version coming in December. Nope, this is it. Or may be it is me being dumb. But judging from some comments here this support d…

They have send out an mail explaining all this. Not sure who got the mail, I guess lockwise-users?

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

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Post by eganist »

Before people jump the gun with pitchforks like I was about to, please consider the following from the article:

> Check back for updates in December 2021 on how to use Firefox for iOS as your system-wide password manager.

Seems Lockwise is being EOL'd in exchange for Firefox itself as the password management app.

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

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Post by azdle »

jckahn wrote: post #63
azdle wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TFA = The F*cking Article, a version of RTFM, basically. > Note: Firefox for iOS will already sync your saved Lockwise passwords. You can currently only use those inside Firefox. Check back for updates in December 2021 on how to use Firefox for iOS as your system-wide password manager.

Oh, I see that now. I could have sworn that wasn't there when I read the article initially? In any case, I'm glad iOS users will still have that functionality!

Based on all the other confusion in this thread, I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't.

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

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Post by BenjiWiebe »

kuschku wrote: post #29
jdlshore wrote: post #16

Before everybody gets up in arms from the headline, they're just moving/keeping this feature into the Firefox browser. The article says: > Firefox for iOS will already sync your saved Lockwise passwords. You can currently only use those inside Firefox. Check back for updates in December 2021 on how to use Firefox for iOS as your system-wide password manager. [It's already there on Firefox for Android.]

The title should honestly be changed into something like "Firefox Lockwise integrated into Firefox, standalone version to be deprecated"

@dang yes please!

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

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Post by grzm »

BenjiWiebe wrote: post #117
kuschku wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The title should honestly be changed into something like "Firefox Lockwise integrated into Firefox, standalone version to be deprecated"

@dang yes please!

"@dang" doesn't do anything special. The most expedient way to reach the mods is to email them using the Contact link in the footer.

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

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Post by heavyset_go »

gjsman-1000 wrote: post #30

When do we fork Firefox because Mozilla is a failure at their job? They've managed to lose almost all their market popularity, mobile Firefox share is almost nonexistent, they pay their executives extremely disproportionately compared to most nonprofits, they have expanded into countless failed side projects (Firefox OS, Firefox Send) and vestigial side projects they aren't good at (Pocket, Firefox Focus, Firefox Rea…

> mobile Firefox share is almost nonexistent

Apple uses anti-competitive tactics to prevent Firefox from competing fairly with Safari on iOS, and Google uses anti-competitive contracts that mandate that Chrome ships on the devices Android vendors sell.

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