Mozilla releases Firefox Lockwise (formerly Lockbox) add-on

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Remember Firefox Lockbox, a password management solution designed to improve the built-in Firefox password manager? The service is still in active development but it is now called Firefox Lockwise instead.

Mozilla launched an alpha of Firefox Lockbox back in December 2017 as a Firefox add-on to test and improve password management and online security.

The organization released the Lockbox application for iOS in July 2018, and we took a first look at the Android Lockbox app in 2019 when it was released officially.

Firefox Lockwise

Firefox Lockwise is a password management solution that is available for iOS and Android devices, and now also as a Firefox add-on.

The Firefox web browser includes a password manager and users may use it to sync passwords between Firefox installations so that the passwords can be used in all Firefox installations.

Firefox Lockwise is an experimental solution that brings Firefox passwords to Android and iOS devices. The system uses Firefox Sync and requires a Firefox Account because of that.

The core differences between syncing Firefox passwords between Firefox installations on the desktop and on mobile, and Firefox Lockwise are that Lockwise supports global auto-fill of passwords on the mobile device, and that it comes without any editing options.

If things go well, Firefox Lockwise could replace the current password management solution that is built-in to the Firefox browser. For now, it is available as an extra that Firefox users need to install to use.

Please note that Lockwise does not work if a master password is set currently.

The Lockwise add-on for Firefox replaces the built-in password manager when you install it. When you launch the password manager in Firefox, you get the Lockwise interface instead of the classic interface.

The add-on adds an icon to the main Firefox toolbar that you may interact with. The frontend supports two main features currently:

1. It highlights if logins are available for the active site so that you may use these to sign in.

2. It features a search to find passwords.

You may copy username and password using the interface.

The password management options provide more options than the mobile Lockwise applications.

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