Many of you have wisely switched to the significantly more secure Firefox browser, especially if you had been using Microsoft's Internet Explorer running on the Windows operating system. Kudos for your wise choice.
Many of you also take advantage of Firefox's password storage for website passwords. A minor security problem exists that allows other users on your computer to see these passwords. From within Firefox if you go to Tools >Options > Privacy and click on the "View Saved Passwords" button and then "Show Passwords" your passwords can be displayed.
Many of you have wisely switched to the significantly more secure Firefox browser, especially if you had been using Microsoft's Internet Explorer running on the Windows operating system. Kudos for your wise choice.
Many of you also take advantage of Firefox's password storage for website passwords. A minor security problem exists that allows other users on your computer to see these passwords. From within Firefox if you go to Tools >Options > Privacy and click on the "View Saved Passwords" button and then "Show Passwords" your passwords can be displayed.
The internet is plagued with viruses, spyware, and trojans that at best are highly annoying and at worse can compromise confidential information such as your finances. There is a lot of debate about which systems are more secure. Macintosh computers are not beset with the volume of exploits that exist for Windows computers and are generally acknowledged to be significantly more secure out of the box. Regardless of of the computer that you use, failing to use some basic protection and common sense is simply asking for trouble. It has been estimated that an unprotected Windows computer on the internet will be infected in less than 30 minutes. Being safe is relatively easy and affordable.
