Mozilla firefox and netscape navigator
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I heard that both firefox and netscape will auto remember your password.
So is it safe?
Suppose I use firefox to check my email or surf cpf website to check my account. Will it be able to remember my password and singpass and than someone might eb able to retrieve the data and hack into my account? -
Um I'm pretty sure Internet Explorer does that as well
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You can select NOT TO.
It will prompt and just select Never For This Site for Firefox. Not sure for Netscape.
For Firefox 3, see the Tech forum. -
erm I mean when I use netscape to go into my email, there will be a msg
"You are about to leave an encrypted page. Information you send or receive from now on could easily be read by a third paty"
What does it mean? Meanin someone can check my password? -
It means your password and all your email messages in your inbox and those being sent by you will be available on www.netscape.com.Originally posted by constancebay:erm I mean when I use netscape to go into my email, there will be a msg
"You are about to leave an encrypted page. Information you send or receive from now on could easily be read by a third paty"
What does it mean? Meanin someone can check my password?
I'm surprised you didn't know that. It said so in the Terms and Conditions when you install netscape. -
So they can use the information to heck into your account?Originally posted by jondizzle foshizzle:It means your password and all your email messages in your inbox and those being sent by you will be available on www.netscape.com.
I'm surprised you didn't know that. It said so in the Terms and Conditions when you install netscape. -
If they wanted to yes.Originally posted by constancebay:So they can use the information to heck into your account? -
Who does the "they" refer to?Originally posted by jondizzle foshizzle:If they wanted to yes. -
Anyone who happens to come across your personal information on the netscape websiteOriginally posted by constancebay:Who does the "they" refer to? -
The adminastators of netscape website?Originally posted by jondizzle foshizzle:Anyone who happens to come across your personal information on the netscape website -
No just anyone on the website.Originally posted by constancebay:The adminastators of netscape website? -
How come I am on netscape website but I never see anyone's password?Originally posted by jondizzle foshizzle:No just anyone on the website.
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I set my firefox to ask me whether to dump all data or not each time i close it.
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Because you need to be authorised to view that info. They wouldn't show it to the public.Originally posted by constancebay:How come I am on netscape website but I never see anyone's password? -
You don't see a password this way.Originally posted by constancebay:How come I am on netscape website but I never see anyone's password? 
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Jon must be on his daily dose of drugs again.Originally posted by constancebay:erm I mean when I use netscape to go into my email, there will be a msg
"You are about to leave an encrypted page. Information you send or receive from now on could easily be read by a third paty"
What does it mean? Meanin someone can check my password?
Anyway, back to topic. When this message is shown, it means that any info you send or receive will be in unencrypted plain text. You see, when data is transferred, it doesn't come directly from the other end. It has to hop through different machines in different networks before it reaches you, and vice versa. So when it is in plain text, the machines that passes the data along is able to get a copy of your data for unauthorised use.
Basically, any data you send or receive using the HTTP protocol, including login information and messages, and site-wise sgForums, is not encrypted and can be captured by a third party. So for your second question, if your "someone" refers to anyone, then it's a yes. This is one of the main reasons why it is recommended to have different passwords for online banking, and other monetary functions, from the one you would use normally. (Despite that, I'm still using the same password for most areas, including my $1.01-balance iBanking account. )
You would know that data transfer to and fro a site is encrypted when your browser is using the HTTPS protocol, which is obvious from its address bar. So, each time you're moving from a page using HTTPS to another one that doesn't, the forementioned message would appear.
More info:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071003061044AAymm3X
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/https -
Reminds me of Odex - SQL injection.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:You don't see a password this way.