Is there a simple app that can transfer everything easily? Like my favorites, browsing history and everything, including autofill setting and whatnot? I really just don’t want to redo everything and essentially start fresh.
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Thank you everyone! I’ve used chrome for so long and the last time I tried fire fox over 13 years ago it didn’t auto transfer anything, so I had no idea. And I will look into a 3rd party for password storage.
I’m not super savy with some things, so I don’t really know what you mean by “self hosting” but I guess I’ll look into that too.
Again thanks! Looks like I will make the switch!
I’m prettey sure Firefox can do that, and like others said: it is better to use a password manager like Bitwarden (you can also selfhost it) instead of Firefox’s built in one.
Why?
If I remember correctly if you use your browser’s password manager anyone with access to your PC can see your passwords, with Bitwarden or Keepass (or any other password manager) you need the master password.
Also I thought that the browser also saves the passwords unencrypted but I’m not sure if that’s true.
You can see more details about how Firefox protects passwords here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-firefox-securely-saves-passwords
Obscure, not secure. It’s trivial for any program you’ve installed to read them.
As long as you have a master password it’s basically the same as a password manager, Bitwarden is more convenient because it works across apps on your phone.