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[–] zainitopia@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

How would I go about transferring my stored passwords from Chrome to Firefox?

[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Switch to a dedicated password manager - Bitwarden for example.

Then you can try any browser. Firefox definitely wouldn't be my choice but it is better than Chrome.

[–] GroggyGuava@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

What browser would you recommend then?

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a good idea to stop storing your passwords in your browser and use a password manager instead.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When your browser is chrome, I totally understand. Otherwise, why?

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Because it's more secure, and portable. A password manager can fill information on programs and apps as well as the browser. It's also separate from the browser, so you don't have a single point of failure. Idk about now, but several years ago when I did use the Chrome password storage, a malicious user could retrieve passwords from the browser as long as they had physical access to the computer.

[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

You can export from Chrome as a CSV file then import to Firefox.

[–] rk96@lemmy.one -1 points 1 year ago

When you first install Firefox, it offers it during the initial setup