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submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I have set a primary password on my browser. Due to which, whenever I open my browser, the first thing it does is ask for primary password. I wish this to happen only when I am accessing the passwords or when a site is autofilling it[ thus, necessitating the unlocking of the vault].

Is there a way to disable it at the browser start? I went through an old StackOverflow thread but no solution there. There used to be an extension called MasterPassword that solved this but the link seems to be broken now.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is the reason I switched to Bitwarden.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

While I don’t have the solution OP is looking for, Bitwarden will provide the functionality OP is wanting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yes, you are correct. Bitwarden or any password manager worth it's salt will do the job. I used to be on Keepass [the fork KeepassXC is quite good now] some years before. That being said, I thought there might be some simple about:config toggle to resolve the condition. I also wish more sites supported 2FA so that passwords stopped being the only point of vulnerability.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

KeePassXC too, btw.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Pretty much any password manager

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I wish this to happen only when I am accessing the passwords or when a site is autofilling it

This used to be the default behavior several years ago, I'm not sure why it was changed

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Probably it is necessary for the Syncing Function? Try to disconnect the Firefox-Account and see if the Dialog comes again.

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