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I saw this couple of days ago with Mozilla roadmap. But I have been wondering about few things. 1. Why firefox only? 2. Why encryption is limited to Firefox ac

by tmd83 9y ago

I saw this couple of days ago with Mozilla roadmap. But I have been wondering about few things. 1. Why firefox only? 2. Why encryption is limited to Firefox account. Such lock-in with firefox doesn't make sense to me with Mozilla's vision. If it's due to this being an experiment still that would make sense but that should be made clear I think.

zaarn 9y ago
On the website it's explicitly stated to be a test without disturbing people using "Saved Logins". I suspect Lockbox will replace those in the future...
- tmd83 9y ago
  Hmm I read that. And I was wondering if that meant in future that open it up. Now I'm wondering if this is essentially doing the coding outside core firefox project with the later plan to just integrate it fully into the browser. Almost like an experimental build kind of workflow. I guess that kinda make sense.
sametmax 9y ago
Making it a standard requires a lot of work. Not doing so gives firefox an edge against other browsers. So if you are resource constrain, testing a product, and an underdog again, I understand the idea. But my guess is they will make it more generic and open later, mozilla being mozilla.
rookwood102 9y ago
Why doesn't mozilla use the KeePass KDBX (4?)[0] format to store the passwords? KeePass is already in use by many including myself and is compatible with a massive ecosystem of software (lots of clients on different platforms [1]). The only problem they might have is that they want to use the password from one's Firefox account to encrypt the DB, although surely that integration could be worked out somehow? What would be the downsides of this approach? [0]: https://keepass.info/help/kb/kdbx_4.html https://keepass.info/help/kb/kdbx_4.html [1]: https://keepass.info/download.html https://keepass.info/download.html
cpeterso 9y ago
Mozilla is developing a native iOS app that will sync eventually sync Lockbox passwords with your browser. The iOS code is here: https://github.com/mozilla-lockbox/lockbox-ios https://github.com/mozilla-lockbox/lockbox-ios

by tmd83 9y ago

zaarn 9y ago

On the website it's explicitly stated to be a test without disturbing people using "Saved Logins". I suspect Lockbox will replace those in the future...

tmd83 9y ago
Hmm I read that. And I was wondering if that meant in future that open it up. Now I'm wondering if this is essentially doing the coding outside core firefox project with the later plan to just integrate it fully into the browser. Almost like an experimental build kind of workflow. I guess that kinda make sense.

sametmax 9y ago

Making it a standard requires a lot of work. Not doing so gives firefox an edge against other browsers. So if you are resource constrain, testing a product, and an underdog again, I understand the idea. But my guess is they will make it more generic and open later, mozilla being mozilla.

rookwood102 9y ago

Why doesn't mozilla use the KeePass KDBX (4?)[0] format to store the passwords? KeePass is already in use by many including myself and is compatible with a massive ecosystem of software (lots of clients on different platforms [1]). The only problem they might have is that they want to use the password from one's Firefox account to encrypt the DB, although surely that integration could be worked out somehow? What would be the downsides of this approach? [0]: https://keepass.info/help/kb/kdbx_4.html https://keepass.info/help/kb/kdbx_4.html [1]: https://keepass.info/download.html https://keepass.info/download.html

cpeterso 9y ago

Mozilla is developing a native iOS app that will sync eventually sync Lockbox passwords with your browser. The iOS code is here: https://github.com/mozilla-lockbox/lockbox-ios https://github.com/mozilla-lockbox/lockbox-ios