Secure your passwords
If you’re like most people, you don’t enjoy having to remember all your passwords. Modern browsers such as Firefox have the ability to save passwords for you. Convenient. The problem is, by default, your passwords can be viewed by anyone who has access to your computer. From Lifehacker:
Those saved passwords appear as asterisks in the password field, but did you know how easy it is to see what they are? In Firefox, from the Tools menu, choose Options, and in the Passwords tab hit the “View Saved Passwords” button. Then hit “Show Passwords.” Yup, there they are, all your high security passwords in plain text and full sight. I kid you not.
Luckily, there’s an easy way to password protect your saved passwords. Lifehacker has all the instructions.