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Disable password generation suggestion for password fields (#238)
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Firefox comes with generally great security features like "Firefox
Lockwise" [1], but the suggestion to generate a new random password when
focusing a password field [2] is kind of annoying and not necessary due
to the usage of a password manager that includes a password generator.
Therefore it has now been disabled.

[1]: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/lockwise
[2]: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Toolkit:Password_Manager/Password_Generation

Closes GH-227
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arcticicestudio authored Mar 24, 2020
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Expand Up @@ -504,6 +504,15 @@ user_pref("security.OCSP.enabled", 1);
user_pref("security.webauth.webauthn_enable_softtoken", false);
user_pref("security.webauth.webauthn_enable_usbtoken", false);

/*
* Disable the password generation suggestion for password fields.
* References:
* - https://wiki.mozilla.org/Toolkit:Password_Manager/Password_Generation
* - https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/lockwise
* - https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/password-security-features
*/
user_pref("signon.generation.enabled", false);

/*
* Always ask to save logins and passwords for websites.
* Available within the UI under:
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