Generate a secure password in Waterfox

Coming up with a unique password for every account is the part of good password hygiene that people give up on first. Waterfox can generate one for you when you sign up for a site, and save it at the same time.

Generate a password

1. Select the password field on a signup form. Waterfox offers a securely generated password.
2. Select Use a Securely Generated Password to fill the field.

Waterfox saves the new login for that site as you submit the form, so you do not have to remember or copy it anywhere.

If the generated password does not satisfy the site’s rules, select the field to reveal it and edit it directly.

Turn the suggestion on or off

1. Click the menu button, then select Settings.
2. Select Passwords and autofill.
3. Check or clear Suggest strong passwords.

Choosing your own

If you would rather pick your own password, the two rules that matter most are:

• Never reuse one. A password reused across sites is only as safe as the least careful site that holds it. This is how most account compromises actually happen.
• Favor length over complexity. A passphrase of several unrelated words is both easier to remember and harder to crack than a short string with symbol substitutions.

Protect what you have saved

Saved passwords are only as safe as the profile they live in. Set a Primary Password so that copying your profile folder is not enough to read them.

Related articles

• Use a Primary Password to protect stored logins and passwords
• Alerts for breached websites

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