Mar
29
2008

Revealing Saved Passwords in Firefox (and IE)

Okay, so like many Firefox users I use the remember password feature so that I don’t have to retype my login info every time I login to sites like Facebook. Well after using that feature for over a year for most sites, I’ve forgotten what my passwords were. So after a little bit of searching I found this little peace of Javascript that will reveal what your passwords are. To use this script, navigate to the site where a password is hidden then paste the following code into your address bar followed by hitting enter.

javascript:(function(){var s,F,j,f,i; s = ""; F = document.forms; for(j=0; j<F.length; ++j) { f = F[j]; for (i=0; i<f.length; ++i) { if (f[i].type.toLowerCase() == “password”) s += f[i].value + “\n”; } } if (s) alert(”Passwords in forms on this page:\n\n” + s); else alert(”There are no passwords in forms on this page.”);})();

This code is very powerful. You wouldn’t want someone to figure out this code who is on your system, so make sure your system is locked when your not around. Oh yea, this code works for other browsers, like IE too.

Alternatively, you could just drag this link to your bookmarks: Password Revealer

Written by Chris Snyder in: Firefox |

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