Browser Master Password

[datamail]

Browser Master Password

Why is there no master password for the Brave browser?

[Saoiray]

@datamail

Browser Master Password

In the future, please search Brave Community for your topic BEFORE posting. In many cases, the answers have already been provided. As we have people post questions without research, it makes it harder for others who look for answers. If you’re somehow unaware, there’s a search button on the top right of every page here in Brave Community. You can type for key words there.

Yes, there are over 50 Topics related to Master Password. Hence why I said people need to stop reposting so often. But if you took your time to read through them, you would have found this from February of this year.

When Will There Be A Master Password?

We do have an issue open for this feature request: I definitely understand the desire for this kind of feature. In fact, a lot of people are using external password managers for that very purpose. There are two main challenges with implementing such a feature in the browser: The user experience is tricky to get right. The Firefox equivalent for example has gone through several iterations and has never been something that the design team was happy with as far as I know. There are also some c…

[Saoiray]

Also you would have eventually perhaps seen the one below too, which answers

Brave sync security breach

Thanks @Saoiray for your excellent explanation. I don’t have much to add, but I want to restate some of the points you have made. There are two separate things here: Backing up your crypto wallet and storing the paper copy of the key in a safe place. Keeping your local passwords safe even when using Brave Sync. The first point is is to protect against the loss of your funds, should your computer go missing or break down, etc. Of course, this copy of the key must be kept secret because it all…