Geting LibreWolf browser (appimage) to memorise passwords

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LibreWolf is an hardened fork of Firefox, that is more privacy respecting browser.
I run it in appimage format.
By default it’s completely secure, does not even memorize your credentials (username and password) that you use to access web sites (like webmail, etc). This is very secure, but can be annoying if you want to access your e-mail account and have to keep reentering your credentials several times a day,
There’s a way around this (adapted from https://www.reddit.com/r/LibreWolf/comments/le8r72/save_passwords_and_restore_previous_session/):
-Launch librewolf appimage ate least once and close it.
-Using your file manager go to ~/.librewolf/
-Inside that folder is a subfolder that stores your info. Enter that folder.
-Create the file “user.js” and open it with a text editor. Paste inside it this text and save the file:

user_pref("signon.storeSignons", true);
user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", true);
user_pref("signon.storeWhenAutocompleteOff", true);
//user_pref("security.ask_for_password", 2);
//user_pref("security.password_lifetime", 5);

-Launch LibreWolf’s appimage and try to access a web site that needs your credentials- you’ll now be asked if you wish to save your credentials. Next time you need to access that site, you won’t need to manually reenter your data… (Note, that, for security reasons you won’t be automatically logged on, but at least, you don’t have to type your data every single time)

More info on how to customize Librewolf (including allowing DRM- to access streaming services like Netflix: https://librewolf.net/docs/faq/

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• This topic was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by PPC.

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