[Mozilla Enterprise] Password managers [was: No password migration?]

[Timo Pietilä]

On 15.10.2020 17.47, Brian Drake wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 8:53 PM Eddie Rowe <eddie.rowe at tdhca.state.tx.us> wrote:
>> I have always discouraged the use of the option to save passwords in browsers and would suggest considering the move to a password manager.  There are free ones with good reputations available on a variety of platforms, including some that only save data locally.
> 
> What’s the difference between getting the browser to save passwords
> and getting some other software to save passwords?

I'm guessing malware needs to get control of your browser instead of 
your system.

I'm not sure how secure browser password storage is. Probably quite 
safe, I'm not aware of any malware that has cracked browser password 
storage.

Timo Pietilä