Am 13.04.2016 um 13:28 schrieb Carlos E. R.:
On 2016-04-13 13:08, James Knott wrote:
On 04/13/2016 01:48 AM, jdd wrote:
Le 13/04/2016 05:05, sdm a écrit :
Android supports entire phone encryption since probably version 5.0; I know 6.0 has it. This is probably what you need.
but I guess than as soon as the password is given you need to logout to be protected
It doesn't take long for the phone to lock automagically.
Many people don't use a "lock" on the phone. And you have to enter it so many times that a curious onlooker could guess the key (or the pattern).
Yes, if you tell firefox to store passwords, these should be further protected with another password, so that we need to remember only one. A master password.
The difference is that in Linux or Windows there is an expiration time for that master password. I have not used the feature in Android, but I understand from Daniel post that it doesn't in Android.
FF in Android has simplified things.
Cookies, for instance: the option to choose when to expire or which cookies to accept is missing. Only all, none, or not from third parties.
All because typing on those things is cumbersome.
Thanks for the thoughts... I have now encrypted the phone, and hope it is protected a bit more. I use the fingerprint to enter. I know it is not completely secure (as one can steal a print from a glass I used etc.) but at least it should give me some time to change my email password, in case it gets stolen. Still I don't use the cellular for other sensitive things (like banking, payments and the like) as I consider it too risky. Usually I don't even check emails from the phone, just in some rare exceptions, but once I enter the password it stays there and is completely unprotected until I completely shut down the phone, which I almost never do... I think this is lack of a necessary function in firefox (a master password that is asked every time a password entry is needed or at least on every first time in a session), but I am getting even more offtopic.... So thanks again for your help! Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Barcelona http://www.daniel-bauer.com room in Barcelona: https://www.airbnb.es/rooms/2416137 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org