[Software] Mozilla wants to take maximum care of the security of its users in its Firefox project

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As with the rest of the companies involved in the development of Internet browsing software, Mozilla wants to take maximum care of the security of its users in its Firefox project, for which it does not stop implementing new functionalities, as is the case that concerns us here.

We say all this because Mozilla is currently working on a new function for its web browser, Firefox, with which it aims to help its users with security issues through a generator of random secure passwords that they can use on platforms and services. in which they are registered. At the same time, what the firm wants is for this feature to join the browser's password manager so that they can work together on something as important as this.

It all started with the implementation in Firefox 67 of new features to save passwords in private browsing mode and support for an authentication API, while Firefox Lockwise, a complementary application to the password manager, was launched. In fact, Firefox Lockwise on mobile devices brings all the passwords saved on the desktop to these platforms and supports options to log in in a synchronized way.

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In this way, the new password generator would be part of this set by working with the password manager, since it will be the browser itself that suggests a password during the registration process on Internet sites. Keep in mind that this new functionality will be activated in sites that use the "autocomplete = new-password" attribute, although it will also be activated in password fields that do not use it later.

How the password generator in Firefox 69 works
In this way, the program will show the option "Use generated password" when we access the corresponding field and then add the generated password to said field, automatically saving it in the software itself, something that we can consult in the "Saved accounts" button. as we will see later.

Of course, in order to make use of all this, first we will have to do with the latest version of Firefox Nightly, although we must also know that by default this is something that is not activated. To do this we load the page "about: config" in the address bar of Firefox Nightly and look for the entry called "signon.generation.available" where we double click to activate it and change its state.

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Then we will have the new function for generating secure passwords in Firefox, so we load the page "about: preferences # privacy" again from the address bar and go to the "Users and passwords" section to be able to activate the option called “Suggest and generate strong passwords”. As we have commented previously, next to this option we find the button "Saved accounts" so that we can check and manage the passwords that the browser itself has created over time.

What is clear is that Mozilla continues to work and add new functions with which it intends to increase the privacy and security of its users when browsing the Internet, an aspect highly valued by them.