The foundation Mozilla today announced a new recovery option for Firefox accounts, in the user system included in the Firefox browser.
Starting today, users can generate a one-day recovery key for their account that they can use to access their data of Firefox, in case they forgot their passwords.
User accounts in Firefox are included in all recent versions of Firefoxletterof browsing. Most users know the feature because of Firefox Sync, the system that synchronizes browser data such as passwords, browsing history, open tabs, bookmarks, installed add-ons and general browser settings.
Firefox sync works with the user's account name and password and encrypts browser data directly to the local computer.
Only after encrypting the data start being sent to the Mozilla Foundation servers for storage. So no one can access the data without the user's password, which acts as a decryption key. So in case of installing Firefox on a new device, no one can download and decrypt previous browser data without their Firefox account password.
But starting today, the Mozilla Foundation has introduced a new feature called "recovery key" for Firefox accounts. Browser users can create a recovery key, which serves as a secondary decryption key for their data, in case they forget their Firefox account password.
The Firefox recovery key is similar to the recovery codes used by the two-factor authentication settings in most Internet services. Firefox users should store the key (preferably encrypted) somewhere on the internet or on a secondary device.
The Mozilla Foundation states that a recovery key can only be used once and that users will be able to generate a new key after using the previous one. Instructions on how creationof these keys you will find at support page of Firefox.
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