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Re:Firefox Master Password System Has Been Poorly Secured fo... by hartator on Monday March 19, 2018 @09:59AM (#16618364)
My guees would be changing the algo is trivial, but insuring smooth upgrades is not.
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Re:Firefox Master Password System Has Been Poorly Secured fo... by yoklov on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @09:18AM (#16637740)
I looked into this a while back and remember about as much. I think it was also in the category of things that was harder to change with legacy addons than it is now.
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