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Firefox Saved Passwords

I want to know just how safe and secure is the Firefox saved passwords--can someone who know what they are doing get into this and get all the usernames and passwords? If this is not a close to 100% secure solution what would you recommend for storing passwords to websites? And what about IE's saved passwords security--any better or worse? Thank you.
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Anyone who can access you account can surely get to them.  I am no expert, but it would probably be pretty easy to get them from another user account.  Roboform is decent but probably not that secure.
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There is no 100% safe way to store passwords on your computer, and there is no password manager that cannot be compromised.  if you are that concerned about password security you should storing them offline and entering them manually.  The few seconds saved with stored passwords could translate to weeks of misery if they are compromised.

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I do use a master password and it is a combination of numbers, letters and special characters and 15 characters long. I will try lastpass and checkout FIPS--thanks.
Installed lastpass but don't like that you have to have an online account and that my passwords are stored online--seems to defeat the purpose of trying to keep my passwords secure. Also made the FIPS change--now each time I start firefox it makes me enter my password twice--is that right or did I do something wrong here?
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