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Question from Debra: How can I prevent websites from asking for my location when using Firefox?
I hate having to answer that stupid question a dozen times a day, especially when it’s for the very same sites over and over again. [Read more…]
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A while back I wrote this post explaining why it’s a really bad idea to let your browser store the passwords to your online accounts.
That post resulted in quite a few readers asking for help with removing their stored passwords from Google Chrome, which in turn prompted me to write this post with step-by-step instructions.
At the time I didn’t receive any requests for help with removing stored passwords from Firefox so I didn’t think to write anything up about it, but recent developments have prompted me to do it now. [Read more…]
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A while back I wrote a post explaining why it’s a bad idea to let your web browser store the passwords you use to log in to your online accounts.
If you don’t have time to read that post, here’s the gist of it…
Allowing your browser to store your passwords is very dangerous!
This morning I received a message from an astute reader asking me how to remove passwords that have already been stored by Google Chrome.
That’s a great question, and I decided to answer it by providing instructions here. [Read more…]
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A few days ago I started getting messages from folks asking why Firefox had suddenly started forcing them to sign in to their online accounts every time they open their browser.
I checked in to it and discovered that a Firefox software update had apparently enabled the setting that clears the browser history every time Firefox is closed, automatically signing users out of any accounts they were signed into when they closed the browser.
If this is happening to you there’s a very easy fix: [Read more…]
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Question from Jennifer: I have a question about pop-ups asking if I want to save the password when I log in to a website.
I never say Yes and want to disable those pop-ups. How do I disable them?