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Strange behaviour with master password after updating

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I have noticed the last couple of days that Firefox have stopped asking me the master password, and login information got autocompleted. (My standard Firefox configuration had a master password). Apparently this started with the last update (v. 81.0.2). I checked config, and not only was the box "use a master password" unchecked, but Firefox also had forgotten my password. I considered it a very serious security concern, since an attacker could have all my login information just by updating Firefox! Is that a known behaviour?

I have noticed the last couple of days that Firefox have stopped asking me the master password, and login information got autocompleted. (My standard Firefox configuration had a master password). Apparently this started with the last update (v. 81.0.2). I checked config, and not only was the box "use a master password" unchecked, but Firefox also had forgotten my password. I considered it a very serious security concern, since an attacker could have all my login information just by updating Firefox! Is that a known behaviour?

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Hola, No me han comentado ni me ha sucedido ese problema, revisa si en el escritorio existe una carpeta llamada "Datos viejos de Firefox" con el contenido de un perfil creado en la ultima actualización, si el perfil del Firefox es muy antiguo podría ser que la actualización no se haya logrado recuperar todos los datos del perfil original. Saludos

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Gracias, Gerardo, por tu respuesta. No hay ningún dato de recuperación o de problemas en la actualización en el escritorio, y de hecho, las entradas y contraseñas de cada sitio se han conservado perfectamente. Solo no se conservó la contraseña maestra, quedando además deshabilitado su uso.

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Hola, No encontré bugs referido a este problema. La opción de habilitar la "contraseña maestra" quedo deshabilitada, quiero decir que no es posible habilitar nuevamente? Gracias

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La opción quedó destildada luego de la actualización (según entiendo), pero pude reestablecerla (ingresar nuevamente una contraseña maestra y habilitar su uso).