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Primary Password Pop-up

MikeSW17
MikeSW17
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Hi. Finally got round to asking this question.

How can I be certain the Pop-up for my Primary Password is from Firefox and NOT a 'fake', pop-up (or some such) displayed by a malicious web-site?

TIA Mike

Hi. Finally got round to asking this question. How can I be '''certain''' the Pop-up for my Primary Password is from Firefox and NOT a 'fake', pop-up (or some such) displayed by a malicious web-site? TIA Mike

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cor-el
cor-el
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You can always open Lockwise (about:logins) in a new tab to force a PP prompt if you are in doubt.

Note that using Sync is a possible reason to ask for the Primary Password on startup. This is because the credentials to login to the Sync account are stored in the Password Manager.

mozilla.org14
mozilla.org14
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Hi!

This answer should be integrated into "Firefox keeps asking me for Primary Password".

Many Greetings! Remo