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Saved passwords exposed

While I was in the Cortona Community Center using their computer with Firefox, I noticed that the "remember password" feature was on. Remembering that FireFox assumes you are the only person using the browser, I pulled up a list of websites and logins including passwords! Notice that the list showing is less than 25% of the entire list.

 

I expected to find email accounts. I thought it funny to find so many facebook accounts and some flickr accounts. I found it disturbing to find bank accounts and visa accounts listed.

 

Sometimes I can't help myself. Before I stopped using the computer, I cleared the password list and disabled the remember feature.

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Uploaded on December 29, 2005
Taken on October 5, 2005