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[Solved] I'd like to switch from chrome, but all of my auto fill, and payment info. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is there a simple app that can transfer everything easily? Like my favorites, browsing history and everything, including autofill setting and whatnot? I really just don't want to redo everything and essentially start fresh.

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Thank you everyone! I've used chrome for so long and the last time I tried fire fox over 13 years ago it didn't auto transfer anything, so I had no idea. And I will look into a 3rd party for password storage.

I'm not super savy with some things, so I don't really know what you mean by "self hosting" but I guess I'll look into that too.

Again thanks! Looks like I will make the switch!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tldr; chromium based browers are more vulnerable to password stealing malware because they encrypt with the OS user creds, Firefox would probably avoid this with a master password, as thats the primary protection of this that password managers offer.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/redline-malware-shows-why-passwords-shouldnt-be-saved-in-browsers/