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How to reveal hidden passwords in Firefox
Last month we told you about Snadboy's Revelation, which is a great utility for showing the characters hidden behind asterisks in programs like FileZilla. But it doesn't work with Firefox. But it turns out there is a way to find the hidden characters in Firefox. All you need to do is paste a bit of Javascript code into your URL bar. Or you can create a bookmark or bookmarklet by right-clicking on your Bookmark toolbar and creating a new bookmark using the code.
You can find a full explanation at the Raymond.CC Blog. Of course, this does you no good if you've forgotten your username and password and haven't saved them with Firefox. In that case, your best bet is to click the "forgot password" button for the site you're visiting and you'll probably receive a new password via email.
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Mark Deab said 11:19AM on 11-28-2007
Or you could go Tools>Options>Sercurity>Show Passwords>Show Passwords
No need for an add on here folks (Unless yoou accidently wrote something and forgot what it was and luckily it was still on the screen :-P)
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keeves said 11:27AM on 11-28-2007
...or you could go --> tools / options / security / show passwords / show passwords / yes
Easy
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Mark Dean said 11:27AM on 11-28-2007
Great minds think alike!
keeves said 11:27AM on 11-28-2007
(oh, Mark Deab got there first)
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GoOrange said 12:10PM on 11-28-2007
Yep, Deab nails it in one. A simple procedure that can save you the hassle of having to click "forgot password" and waiting for the email etc.
Cheers
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egf said 1:18PM on 11-28-2007
Or you could use the Unhide Passwords extension.
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webjay said 1:45PM on 11-28-2007
I use the Unhide Passwords extension as well: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/462
When a password form has the focus the asterisks are replaced by the real password. Couldn't be much simpler.
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freaktech said 2:02PM on 11-28-2007
Or your could get a program called ariskkey that is completely free that will tell you any astrick password on the screen, whether it be in firefox, ie, a windows box, anything
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Raymond.CC said 8:24AM on 11-29-2007
What if there's a Master password? You couldn't even use "Show Password" :P
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