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<blockquote data-quote="art4sale" data-source="post: 1451331" data-attributes="member: 274465"><p>I know I'm posting to an old thread but...</p><p></p><p>The original question was if Safari had, in an of itself, a master password like the one built into Firefox. The responses submitted did not answer the question in part because those who responded did not know what the original poster was talking about.</p><p></p><p>Firefox has a master password feature that is activated each time you open Firefox and deactivated each time you close the program. When you open Firefox for the first time that day... and then go to a web page requiring a username and password, Firefox will open a dialog box that asks you for your unique Firefox password (not your system password). Once entered, and as long as you do not QUIT Firefox, you do not have to enter any more passwords. Once you quit the program, (let's say you want to leave your computer running and drive off to the store) if someone goes on your computer, reopens Firefox and goes to one of your password protected web sites, Firefox will again ask for it's master password and not allow access to the site until it gets it.</p><p></p><p>It is a secondary level of protection for those of us who always leave our computer running.</p><p>I leave my computer running for a week or two when I travel in case I need to access it remotely. It's nice to know that I can simply quit Firefox before I leave and if someone breaks in and starts snooping, they can't get into any of my password protected accounts.</p><p></p><p>So... does Safari have anything like this???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="art4sale, post: 1451331, member: 274465"] I know I'm posting to an old thread but... The original question was if Safari had, in an of itself, a master password like the one built into Firefox. The responses submitted did not answer the question in part because those who responded did not know what the original poster was talking about. Firefox has a master password feature that is activated each time you open Firefox and deactivated each time you close the program. When you open Firefox for the first time that day... and then go to a web page requiring a username and password, Firefox will open a dialog box that asks you for your unique Firefox password (not your system password). Once entered, and as long as you do not QUIT Firefox, you do not have to enter any more passwords. Once you quit the program, (let's say you want to leave your computer running and drive off to the store) if someone goes on your computer, reopens Firefox and goes to one of your password protected web sites, Firefox will again ask for it's master password and not allow access to the site until it gets it. It is a secondary level of protection for those of us who always leave our computer running. I leave my computer running for a week or two when I travel in case I need to access it remotely. It's nice to know that I can simply quit Firefox before I leave and if someone breaks in and starts snooping, they can't get into any of my password protected accounts. So... does Safari have anything like this??? [/QUOTE]
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