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Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 03:00:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n Mozilla plans bake its Lockwise password manager into Firefox 70, the upgrade now set to launch Oct. 22.<\/p>\n At the same time, the browser will also be more tightly integrated with Firefox Monitor, which will provide warnings to users when their saved passwords have been revealed by a data hack.<\/p>\n According to Firefox bug reports and project documentation, Lockwise will automatically record username-and-password pairs, generate complex passwords on demand, identify victimized accounts and instruct users to change any passwords that have leaked.<\/p>\n In this UI mockup by Mozilla, Firefox’s integrated Lockwise warns users that a breach affected an already-saved password with an alert icon (in the left-hand pane) and leads them to more information (the ‘Learn About this Breach’ information in yellow).<\/p>\n At the moment, only the Nightly version of Firefox – that’s the least-polished, least-stable edition – includes the integrated Lockwise. (The release Firefox is now at version 68.) To access it in Nightly, users must type about:logins<\/i> in the browser’s address bar.<\/p>\n When creating a new login, users can enter a username as before, but now have Firefox crank out a password, just as dedicated third-party password managers – 1Password, for instance – do. In Firefox, right-clicking in the “Password” field and selecting “Use a Securely Generated Password” builds one. The resulting password – there was just one, a placeholder, as it didn’t appear the functionality is yet live – included letters, both upper- and lowercase, and numbers.<\/p>\n Some of the password-related changes slated for Firefox 70 come courtesy of a marriage between Lockwise and Firefox Monitor. The latter arrived first – in November 2018 – as an in-browser notification when a user steers toward a site that has had a recent breach. Since its inception, Monitor has been the visible UI (user interface) for a partnership between Mozilla and the Have I Been Pwned? <\/i><\/a> site and service. Lockwise, (n\u00e9e Lockbox), came in May as an add-on for desktop Firefox, following on already-in-action Android and iOS password managers from Mozilla.<\/p>\n The two work together, an interesting collaboration that no other browser has thought to mimic. While the Lockwise-Monitor combination in Firefox Nightly was free for the using, users shouldn’t be surprised if Mozilla puts the pairing – or an even more feature filled version – behind a paywall. Mozilla has made no secret of its desire to boost revenue by selling subscriptions<\/a> of some sort, probably to individual or a suite of services, that amplify the browser.<\/p>\n Firefox 70 is currently on Mozilla’s release calendar<\/a> as an Oct. 22 launch. Between now and then, Firefox 69 is to debut Sept. 3.<\/p>\n