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Can i lock firefox with password?

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I want to lock firefox with a password because i remembered passwords for my gmail and facebook etc... and don't want my sister or gf can access it. Is there a chance to do that? :)

I want to lock firefox with a password because i remembered passwords for my gmail and facebook etc... and don't want my sister or gf can access it. Is there a chance to do that? :)

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Sorry, Firefox doesn't have a feature for that, but there is an extension that will kind of do that.

http://nic-nac-project.de/~kaosmos/profilepassword-en.html#PPFF

If someone knows how the open the Firefox SafeMode in Firefox 4.0, that extension is easily bypassed though, so it provides no real "security".

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Sorry, Firefox doesn't have a feature for that, but there is an extension that will kind of do that.

http://nic-nac-project.de/~kaosmos/profilepassword-en.html#PPFF

If someone knows how the open the Firefox SafeMode in Firefox 4.0, that extension is easily bypassed though, so it provides no real "security".

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You can protect your passwords with a master password.

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