{"id":61317,"date":"2019-07-22T10:07:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T15:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=61317"},"modified":"2019-07-22T10:07:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T15:07:30","slug":"password-security-firefox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/password-security-firefox\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Platforms Collaborate to Boost Password Security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Firefox &amp; Have I Been Pwned Join Forces<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Firefox, one of the top desktop browsers, is partnering with <a href=\"https:\/\/haveibeenpwned.com\/\">Have I Been Pwned<\/a> to boost password security.\u00a0 The browser is enhancing its Firefox Monitor and Lockwise features to notify consumers if their login credentials stored within their browser have been compromised in breaches over the last 12 months.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new version of Firefox, deemed Firefox 70, will scan the 8 billion breached email addresses and passwords stored within Have I Been Pwned database.  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From there, the user will be prompted to change their passwords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enhancing Password Security &#8211; Is This Enough?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The looming question is still, is this enough to really increase users&#8217; password security?\u00a0 In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/news\/password_report\/\">survey <\/a>conducted by PC Matic, it was shown that 50% of users will only change their passwords if they are forced to do so.\u00a0 Although this prompt may bring it to users\u2019 attention, the likelihood of them actually taking the steps necessary to change the password is minimal, as it will not actually force them to do so.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefox &amp; Have I Been Pwned Join Forces Firefox, one of the top desktop browsers, is partnering with Have I Been Pwned to boost password security.\u00a0 The browser is enhancing its Firefox Monitor and Lockwise features to notify consumers if their login credentials stored within their browser have been compromised in breaches over the last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":55214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4934],"class_list":["post-61317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter","tag-breach"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Two Platforms Collaborate to Boost Password Security<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new collaboration between Firefox and Have I Been Pwned is being released in an attempt to boose password security. 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