Do you use firefox to store your passwords?

This is a derived post from my original blog Technofriends (http://technofriends.wordpress.com)
Often when we enter our User Id and password detail to the website of our choice while browsing using Firefox, a modal dialog pops up asking us whether we would like Firefox to remember the username/password for that site.

Often, many people i know use this feature of Firefox without understanding the pain points associated with it. Let me show you how easy it is for anyone accessing your firefox to actually gain access to your Username and Password combinations.

In order to reveal the username and password combinations stored by you in Firefox follow the below mentioned steps:

• Click on Tools -> Options using the drop down menu.

• Click on Security tab within the menu shown

• Click on the tab called Show Passwords.
• A pop up called Remember Passwords opens up.

• Click on the button ‘Show Passwords’ to reveal all the saved passwords.

• Click on Hide Passwords to hide the passwords again.

So now you know, next time you go for a coffee break, ensure that you locked up your computer from the prying eyes of others.

Also read:

Blogging: 7 essential Firefox add-ons

How-To: Set multiple homepages in Firefox.

My list of 5 best Firefox Extensions

Create a firefox search plugin: Tutorial

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Cheers

Vaibhav

Leetupload.com - Hacker’s Database

This site is dedicated as a repository for “hacking” programs for Windows and Linux. Please note that hacking means nothing but tweaking or cleverly resolving a problem. Use the programs as you wish, but this site or its provider are not responsible in terms of how you use these programs, (i.e. for educational purposes only).

http://www.leetupload.com/

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Vaibhav

Bluetooth hacking: Essential tools.

BlueScanner; BlueSniff; BTBrowser; BTCrawler; BlueBugger; CIHWB; Bluediving; Transient Bluetooth Environment Auditor; Bluesnarfer; BTcrack; Blooover II; BlueTest; BTAudit.

http://www.security-hacks.com/2007/05/25/essential-bluetooth-hacking-tools

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Vaibhav

Access Blocked Websites: The simple way :)

Blocking access to undesirable Web sites through the use of Internet protocol filters has been a common government tactic since commercial Internet access first became available here in 1995. China and Saudi Arabia are believed to extend greater censorship over the net than any other country in the world under the pretext of information control.
Most of the blacklisted sites in Saudi Arabia are either sexually explicit or about religion, women, health, drugs and pop culture. They even block access to websites about bathing suits. So if you want to buy something to swim in, they seem to treat that as if it were pornographic in Saudi Arabia. more>>

Serial Numbers and CD Keys of Softwares brought to you by Google.

Software License details of Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, Microsoft Office, Windows XP and tons of other software can easily be located on Google by running this simple query:
“Belarc Advisor Current Profile” “Software Licenses” “Software Name“ key:
These are actually real software inventory reports generated by Belarc Advisor, a popular tool often used to backup software licenses.
The only problem is that innocent users have placed these HTML reports in public directories of their web servers, the search engine spiders index them and in-turn expose the secret software keys to the whole world.
Though most new Adobe and Microsoft software will require additional web or phone activation, that is not mandatory if the Belarc reports have Volume License keys. Scary.
Cheers,
Vaibhav