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Do browsers sync these yet? I know Chrome, Firefox et al. have various syncing options, but I've never looked into how they work exactly.

Edit: looked into it, and the situation for password sync is

- Chrome: built in since V. 11

- Firefox: available through add-ons/extensions (XMarks)

- Opera: since beta 11.5 (the latest as of right now)

- Safari: available through extensions/other services (mobileme? not sure)

- IE: unclear



Re: Safari, yes, you can have MobileMe sync your keychain, which contains your saved login info, etc.


Firefox 4 and up have built-in password syncing (along with bookmarks, history etc). Everything's encrypted client-side, so you never have to worry about unauthorized access to them.


Thanks, interesting that this didn't show up in my brief research.




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