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Firefox primary password

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I go onto Privacy and Security and this is what I see: Logins and Passwords ticked Ask to save logins and passwords for web sites ticked Autofill logins and passwords ticked Suggest and generate strong passwords ticked Show alerts about passwords for breached web sites

Use a Primary Password is unticked Change Primary Password is faded and when I try to click onto it nothing happens

I go onto Privacy and Security and this is what I see: Logins and Passwords ticked Ask to save logins and passwords for web sites ticked Autofill logins and passwords ticked Suggest and generate strong passwords ticked Show alerts about passwords for breached web sites Use a Primary Password is unticked Change Primary Password is faded and when I try to click onto it nothing happens

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FredMcD
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Is this what you are talking about? Use a Master Password to protect stored logins and passwords {web link}

cor-el
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