Mozilla uses server-hosted JavaScript to 'secure' user passwords
accounts.firefox.com
accounts.firefox.com
Also, if you think there's a security issue, maybe file it on Bugzilla before HN. Probably a better place to put it.
(Password stuff in JS is truly sketchy though. That much I can agree with.)
Ah, good to know, but still not good. The whole point of a secure password-storage mechanism should be that all they can do is delete passwords, not decrypt them.
> Also, if you think there's a security issue, maybe file it on Bugzilla before HN.
I took a look at Bugzilla, but it looked like a pain to sign up and I couldn't tell quickly where & how to file security issues vice bugs.
And to be honest, I was also a bit angry about how they completely removed the brilliant crypto they used to use. Given that they seem to think that this reduction in security is perfectly acceptable, I figured that publicity was more likely to effect change.
And yes, this means that anyone with a Lenovo laptop who changed his Firefox Account password must now change every single password he has ever synced, even if he's never logged onto a particular site with that laptop.