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Mangala Edirisinghe
Mangala Edirisinghe

Reputation: 1111

Where does Firefox store saved passwords?

I'm going to create a plugin to a face recognition system for Firefox's saved passwords as my final year project, but yet i haven't any idea about how saved passwords are implemented in Firefox. if anybody know about that, Please help me.

Where does Firefox store saved passwords? How does it choose appropriate password when entering username?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6407

Answers (2)

user20137612
user20137612

Reputation: 1

i think you mean 'where in the file system does firefox store passwords'

on linux, firefox has a hidden folder on your home folder (usually .mozilla) there are a couple folders in the folder and in one of the folders there exists a file with the name 'logins.json'

Upvotes: 0

CupOfTea696
CupOfTea696

Reputation: 1295

You can find your saved passwords by going to:

Firefox --> Options --> Security

and click Saved Passwords. Your passwords are ordered by site. You'll get a list of all usernames, and you have to click Show Passwords to actually be able to see your passwords. I suggest using a master password (you can set this in the security tab) so no one else can access your passwords.

Upvotes: 2

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