Using Privacy Features

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# Using the Cookie Manager

A cookie is a small amount of information on your computer that is used by some web sites. For a brief overview, see What Are Cookies and How Do They Work?

Before loading a web page that uses cookies, your browser handles the page's cookies by doing two things:

- Accepts or rejects any requests by the web site to set (store) one or more cookies on your computer.
- Accepts or rejects any requests by the web site to read cookies it previously stored on your computer. A web site can't actually read cookies or any other data on your computer—instead, your browser gets the cookies and sends them back to the web site.

In this section:

- Enabling & Disabling Cookies
- Managing Cookies Web Site By Web Site
- Viewing Cookies
- Removing Cookies
- Cookie Manager Settings

## Enabling & Disabling Cookies

You can specify how cookies should be handled by setting your Cookies preferences. To change your Cookies preferences:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Privacy & Security category, click Cookies. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)
3. Set your Cookies preferences.

For more information about the effect of each setting, see Privacy & Security Preferences - Cookies.

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## Managing Cookies Web Site By Web Site

To set cookie permissions for the current web site:

1. Open the Tools menu and choose Cookie Manager.
2. Choose one of the following items:
   - Block Cookies from this Web Site: Block the current web site from setting cookies.
   - Use Default Cookie Permissions: Reset cookie permission for the current web site and use the default settings.
   - Allow Session Cookies from this Web site: Allow the current web site to set session cookies. Persistent cookies from this web site will be downgraded to session cookies.
   - Allow Cookies from this Web Site: Allow the current web site to set cookies.

To set cookie permission for several web sites or a web site you are not viewing, use the Cookie Manager.

If you have selected Ask for each cookie in Privacy & Security Preferences - Cookies, you will be warned (while browsing) that a web site is asking to set a cookie. When you see such a warning, you can choose to Allow, Allow for Session, or Deny the cookie.

Other dialogue options:

- Use my choice for all cookies from this web site: If you tick this option, you will not be warned the next time that web site tries to set or modify a cookie, and your allow or deny response will still be in effect.
- Show Details/Hide Details: Click the button to show or hide detailed information of the cookie.

If you want to change a remembered response later, use the Cookie Manager to edit stored cookies and add or remove cookie web sites.

To stop automatically accepting or rejecting cookies from a web site:

1. Open the Tools menu and choose Cookie Manager.
2. Choose Manage Stored Cookies from the submenu. The Cookie Manager window opens with a list of all the cookies stored on your computer.
3. Click the Cookie Web Sites tab. The sites for which you have allowed or denied cookies are listed.
4. Click to select the web site from which you no longer want to automatically accept cookies, and then click Remove Cookie.

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## Viewing Cookies

To view detailed information about cookies:

1. Open the Tools menu and choose Cookie Manager.
2. Choose Manage Stored Cookies from the submenu. The Cookie Manager window opens with a list of all the cookies stored on your computer.
3. Select a cookie to see its details.

For more information about the information displayed, see Stored Cookies.

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## Removing Cookies

Important: To remove cookies, follow the steps in this section. Do not try to edit the cookies file on your computer.

To remove one or more cookies from your computer:

1. Open the Tools menu and choose Cookie Manager.
2. Choose Manage Stored Cookies from the submenu. The Cookie Manager window opens with a list of all the cookies stored on your computer.
3. Select one or more cookies and click Remove Cookie, or click Remove All Cookies.

Even though you've removed the cookies now, you will reacquire those same cookies the next time you return to the web site.

To prevent that from happening, select the tickbox labelled Don't allow web sites that set removed cookies to set future cookies. When this tickbox is selected, web sites for the cookies that you are removing are added to the list of web sites whose cookies will automatically be rejected.

You must click OK for your changes to take effect.

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# Cookie Manager Settings

This section describes how to set your Cookies preferences and control other aspects of cookie handling.

For step-by-step descriptions of various tasks related to cookies, see Using the Cookie Manager.

In this section:

- Privacy & Security Preferences - Cookies
- Stored Cookies
- Cookie Web Sites

## Privacy & Security Preferences - Cookies

This section describes how to use the Cookies preferences panel to change which cookies &brandShortName; will accept from and return to web sites. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Privacy & Security category, click Cookies. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)

Cookies help web sites keep track of information for you, such as the contents of your on-line shopping cart or which cities' weather you want to know about. For a brief overview, see What Are Cookies and How Do They Work?

You can select one of these options:

- Block cookies: Select this option to refuse all cookies from web sites not explicitly allowed to set cookies.
- Allow cookies for the originating web site only: Select this option if you don't want to accept or return third-party (foreign) cookies for any web sites other than the one you are actively visiting.
- Allow third-party cookies for previously visited web sites only: Select this option if you want to accept or return third-party cookies only for web sites that stored cookies when you explicitly visited them previously.
- Allow all cookies: Select this option to permit all web sites not explicitly blocked to set cookies on your computer.

Note: Blocking cookies does not remove old cookies. By blocking cookies you only block web sites from setting new cookies, and old cookies will still be sent to web sites. To completely block a web site from receiving old cookies, you need to remove its cookies.

Note: Per web site cookie permission supersedes default cookie setting. For example, if you allow a web site to set cookies, the web site can set cookies even if you choose Block cookies.

If you allow cookies or do not change the default setting, you can also select the following preferences:

- Accept cookies normally: Select this if you want web sites to set or modify cookies without restrictions.
- Accept for current session only: Select this to delete the cookie the next time you exit your browser.
- Accept cookies for [__] days: Select this if you want to limit the length of time any cookie can remain on your computer, then type the number of days.
- Ask for each cookie: Select this if you want Cookie Manager to warn you each time a web site is about to store a cookie. In addition, you can choose except for session cookies: so that &brandShortName; will not warn you if the web site is setting cookies which will be deleted when you exit your browser.

You can also get more information about your stored cookies:

- Cookie Manager: Click this button to view information about the cookies currently stored on your computer and which web sites are allowed to set them.

## Stored Cookies

This section describes how to use the Stored Cookies tab of the Cookie Manager. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Tools menu and choose Cookie Manager.
2. Choose Manage Stored Cookies from the submenu. The Cookie Manager window opens with a list of all the cookies stored on your computer.

The Stored Cookies tab lists all the cookies stored on your computer, the web sites they belong to, and their current status.

When you select a cookie in this list, the following information about that cookie appears in the bottom portion of the tab:

Item | Explanation
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Name | The name assigned to the cookie by its originator.
Information | A string of characters containing the information a web site tracks for you. It might contain a user key or name by which you are identified to the web site, information about your interests, and so forth.
Host or domain | Provides the name of the cookie's host or domain. A host cookie is sent back, during subsequent visits, only to the server that set it. A domain cookie is sent back to any web site that's in the same domain as the web site that set it. A web site's domain is the part of its URL that contains the name of an organisation, business, or school—such as netscape.com or washington.org.
Path | The file pathway. This is provided only if the cookie should be sent back to all URLs that are on that path or lower. For example, `http://a.b/x/y/z.html` means that the cookie can also be set for path `x/`.
Send For | When this field is For encrypted connections only it means that the browser checks the connection whenever the server asks for a cookie and will not send it unless the connection is encrypted (HTTPS).
Expires | The date and time at which the cookie will be deactivated. The browser regularly removes expired cookies from your computer.

To remove cookies, click one of these buttons:

- Remove Cookie: Removes the selected cookie or cookies from the list.
- Remove All Cookies: Removes all cookies from the list.

Select this tickbox to prevent the cookies you remove from being added back into the list later:

- Don't allow web sites that set removed cookies to set future cookies

Even if you remove cookies now, you will reacquire those same cookies the next time you return to the web site. To prevent that from happening, select this tickbox. When this tickbox is selected, web sites for the cookies that you are removing are added to the list of web sites whose cookies will automatically be rejected.

You must click Close for your changes to take effect.

## Cookie Web Sites

This section describes how to use the Cookie Web Sites tab of the Cookie Manager. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Tools menu and choose Cookie Manager.
2. Choose Manage Stored Cookies from the submenu. The Cookie Manager window opens with a list of all the cookies stored on your computer.
3. Click the Cookie Web Sites tab.

The Cookie Web Sites tab of the Cookie Manager lists the web sites for which your decisions have been remembered, and what your decisions were. It also allows you to add and remove web sites from the list.

### Adding Cookie Web Sites

To add cookies web sites manually:

- Enter the web site address, e.g. `www.mozilla.org`
- Set the web site cookie permission:
  - Block: Click this button to add the web site as a web site blocked from setting cookies.
  - Session: Click this button to add the web site as a web site that can set session cookies. Persistent cookies from this web site will be downgraded to session cookies.
  - Allow: Click this button to add the web site as a web site that can set cookies.
- Repeat the steps to add additional web sites.

### Removing Cookie Web Sites

To remove a cookie web site:

- Remove Web Site: Removes the selected web site or web sites from the list.
- Remove All Web Sites: Removes all web sites from the list.

Once you've removed a web site from this list, Cookie Manager remembers nothing about it. If the Ask for each cookie option is selected in the Cookies preferences panel, you will be warned when any web site not in this list requests permission to set a cookie.

# Using the Password Manager

Many web sites require you to type a user name and password before you can enter the web site. For instance, personalised pages and web sites containing your financial information usually require you to log in.

The user name and password you use at a particular web site can be read by the site's administrator. Potentially, that person could then attempt to log into other web sites where you may have used the same user name and password. If this concerns you, you may wish to use a different password at every web site with which you register.

Password Manager can help you remember some or all of your names and passwords by storing them on your computer's hard disc, and entering them for you automatically when you visit such web sites.

In this section:

- Using Password Manager to Remember User Names and Passwords
- Entering User Names and Passwords Automatically
- Turning Password Manager On and Off
- Viewing and Managing Stored Passwords
- Password Settings

## Using Password Manager to Remember User Names and Passwords

When Password Manager is active (as it is by default), it gives you an opportunity to save user names and passwords on your hard drive that you enter while using the Internet.

For example, after you log onto a web site from a page that requests a user name and password, a dialogue box appears asking, Do you want Password Manager to remember this logon? When you see this dialogue box, you can click one of the following buttons:

- Yes: The next time you return to the web site you'll see that your user name and password are already filled in. All you have to do is click the Login button (or equivalent) to send them to the server.
- Never for this site: Password Manager will not ask in the future if you want to save your user name and password for that web site.
- No: Password Manager won't remember the user name and password, but will ask again the next time you visit the web site.

Similarly, when you log onto an email account or an FTP site, or perform any other action that requires the browser itself to display a special dialogue box for your login information, you can select this option in the dialogue box:

- Use Password Manager to remember these values

The next time you check your email or perform other tasks that require a password only, the password will be submitted directly without any further action on your part. For tasks that require you to enter both a user name and password, you need to click a Login button or equivalent after Password Manager fills in the information.

Password Manager saves your user names and passwords on your own computer in a file that's difficult, but not impossible, for an intruder to read. See Encrypting Stored Sensitive Information for information on protecting your stored user names and passwords with encryption technology.

If the Password Manager dialogue box described above does not appear when you click Submit after typing your user name and password, Password Manager may be turned off or the web site may disallow its use.

To check whether Password Manager is currently active, see Turning Password Manager On and Off.

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## Entering User Names and Passwords Automatically

There are two different ways that Password Manager can fill in user names and passwords on your behalf:

- You use Password Manager to remember your user name and password for a web site (using the three-button dialogue box described in Using Password Manager to Remember User Names and Passwords).

  The next time you visit the web site, Password Manager automatically fills in your user name and password on the web site's log in page. You can then click the Login button, or equivalent, to send the information to the server.

- You use Password Manager to remember your user name and password for an email account, an FTP site, or in any other situation where you type login information in a dialogue box that displays a tickbox labelled Use Password Manager to remember these values.

  In most cases, the next time you attempt to access that server, Password Manager automatically fills in your user name and password in the same dialogue box. You can then click OK to send the information to the server.

  In some cases, such as when you open your email account, &brandShortName; needs to send only the password to the server, and does so immediately without displaying the dialogue box or requiring any further action on your part.

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## Turning Password Manager On and Off

Password Manager is on by default. To turn it off:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Privacy & Security category, click Passwords. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)
3. In the Password Manager section, deselect Remember passwords to turn Password Manager off.

To turn Password Manager on, follow steps 1 and 2 above, but select the tickbox in step 3 rather than deselecting it.

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## Viewing and Managing Stored Passwords

To see the user names and passwords you have stored and to display a list of web sites from which logon information never is saved:

- Open the Tools menu, choose Password Manager, and then choose Manage Stored Passwords from the submenu. You see the Password Manager window with the Passwords Saved tab opened.
  - To see your saved passwords, click Show Passwords and confirm your choice.
  - To hide your passwords, click Hide Passwords.
  - To remove an entry from the list, click it and then click Remove. The next time you visit the web site, you will need to enter your user name and password again, since Password Manager will no longer have the information.
  Click the Passwords Never Saved tab to see a list of the web sites for which you instructed Password Manager never to store user names and passwords. To remove a web site from this list, click it and then click Remove. The next time you log into the web site, you can use the stored user name and password (if available) or indicate that you want Password Manager to save the information for that web site.

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# Clearing Private Data

While browsing the web, various items of potentially private information may be gathered and stored by &brandShortName;. This section describes the types of such private data and options to remove them either manually by request or automatically when shutting down &brandShortName;.

In this section:

- Types of Private Data
- Private Data Preferences
- Clear Private Data Now

## Types of Private Data

Several types of information are gathered and kept by &brandShortName; while you are browsing web sites. Some of these data are necessary for those sites to function properly or more efficiently, others are for your convenience.

Privacy implications vary from type to type. For example, browsing history and cache contents provide a snapshot of your recent browsing activity which is local to your computer; cookies or offline web content may be used by a web site to track a user directly across visits (e.g., for statistical purposes or for targeted advertisements).

In private browsing mode, no private data will be retained beyond the duration of the private session.

The following private information may be stored locally by &brandShortName;:

Type | Explanation
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Browsing History | If enabled in the History preferences, a history of any web site pages you have visited is kept and may be suggested to complete web site addresses in the location bar.
Location Bar History | This is a history of web addresses which were entered manually or copy-pasted into the location bar of the browser. This list is available in the location bar menu.
Download History | Depending on the options selected in the Downloads preferences, a history of files downloaded from web sites is maintained in the Download Manager.
Saved Form and Search History | If enabled in the History preferences, text entered into elements of forms (e.g., user names, but not passwords) will be stored for the specified number of days; matches are suggested in a list when you revisit that page. If you put the search box onto your toolbar, the history of search terms will be stored as well.
Cache | The cache is a short-term store for web pages and other data (like e-mail attachments for IMAP accounts or remote images in messages) to avoid having these items being requested again from the server if they were just recently accessed. The cache on your disk may contain data up to the limit specified in the Cache preferences.
Cookies | Cookies are small pieces of information that web sites use to keep track of users and sessions, or to store web site preferences. Use the Cookies preferences to specify to what extent cookies are permitted and for how long they are kept.
Offline Web Site Data | Web sites may be permitted to store their pages' contents and related data locally so that they are available for use without a network connection. See the Offline Apps preferences for options to control this behaviour and to inspect the contents of stored offline web site data.
Saved Passwords | If enabled in the Passwords preferences, &brandShortName; keeps entered passwords for later use, thus you don't have to retype them every time you visit a web site.
Authenticated Sessions | Web sites may require authentication (username and password, asked for with a pop-up dialogue) and can keep track of such by authenticated sessions. A site will ask you for your credentials again when you proceed to the next page after this information is cleared.

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## Privacy & Security Preferences - Private Data

This section describes how to use the Private Data preferences panel to determine when and which type of private data should be deleted. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Privacy & Security category, click Private Data. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)

The Clear Private Data section provides the following options:

- Always clear my private data when I close &brandShortName;: Tick this option to always initiate clearing of the selected private data when the application is shut down.
- Ask me before clearing private data: Tick this option for &brandShortName; to prompt you with a dialogue box before clearing the selected private data. The dialogue box also allows you to change the selection, rather than clearing them without any interaction.
- When I ask &brandShortName; to clear my private data, it should erase: For each type of private data, a separate option is provided whether or not to clear any stored items of this specific type. Tick the respective box for each item to be deleted by default when clearing is requested by you or initiated on shutdown.
- Clear Now: Click this button to initiate clearing of private data immediately, depending on the preferences selected in this panel:
  - When the Ask me before clearing private data option is ticked, &brandShortName; opens a dialogue box where you can confirm and change any items to be cleared.
  - When Ask me before clearing private data is not ticked, all types selected to be cleared by default will be deleted immediately without the dialogue box being shown.

Note: Also consider more selective alternatives to delete private data. For example, the individual preference panels for each type may provide additional options, and the Data Manager allows to clear private data by type and the specific domain of a web site. Rather than clearing all cookies when shutting down &brandShortName;, you could specify to allow cookies for sessions only, thus giving you the opportunity to establish exceptions for selected web sites for which you want to retain cookies.

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## Clear Private Data Now

Private data can be cleared at any time, either from the Private Data preferences by clicking the Clear Now button, or by selecting Clear Private Data from the Tools menu of a browser window. This initiates one of the following actions:

- When the Ask me before clearing private data option is ticked in the Private Data preference panel, &brandShortName; opens a dialogue window where you can confirm and change the types of private data to be cleared as follows:
  - The defaults for the individual types are determined by the Private Data preferences. Note that individual boxes may be disabled if no items of that type are available for deletion.
  - Tick or untick boxes as desired if you want to clear a different set of private data.
  - Click Clear Private Data Now to clear the selected items, or Cancel to quit the dialogue.
- When Ask me before clearing private data is not ticked, all types selected in the Private Data preferences to be cleared by default will be deleted immediately without the dialogue box being shown.

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# Browsing in a Private Window

There may be occasions where you don't want &brandShortName; to keep track of your browsing activities. For example, when someone else quickly wants to use your computer and you don't want your current browsing context disturbed; or, for confidential tasks such as online banking.

Opening a private window starts a private browsing session in which no private data on the sites and pages you visit are made available beyond the scope and duration of that session. Each subsequently opened private window becomes part of the same private session. It ends when the last private window is closed.

Private windows are not entirely isolated from non-private windows; private browsing just implies that &brandShortName; will not keep any local record of your activities in such a window. Some private data may be shared between private but not non-private windows and vice versa, others accessed in a read-only mode from a private window.

Note that Add-ons like plugins and extensions may not be subjected to these policies and may change their settings or modify their locally kept data even in a private window.

In this section:

- Opening a Private Window
- Behaviour of a Private Window
- Leaving the Private Browsing Mode

## Opening a Private Window

A browser window can be either in regular (non-private) or in private browsing mode. It is not possible to switch a non-private browser window into private mode, but you can open a new private window in two ways:

- From a browser window, open the File menu, choose New, then Private Window. The new window opens with a page explaining that you are now in private browsing mode.
- Right-click on a link in a web page you are viewing, then select Open Link in Private Window from the menu. The new private window will open, showing the page referred to by the selected link.

Any number of private and non-private windows can be open at the same time, but be aware in this case for which windows history information is kept.

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## Behaviour of a Private Window

A private window behaves differently than a non-private window in the way it handles private data (see Types of Private Data for detailed information of the individual categories). Specifically, after closing a private session when closing the last private window, no information related to that session will be retained in &brandShortName;. Private data gathered in one private session won't be available to any future private session either.

### Recognising a Private Window

To determine whether or not a window is in private browsing mode, have a look at its title bar. Private windows show - &brandShortName; Private Browsing rather than just - &brandShortName; at the end of the window's title.

### Navigation and Bookmarks

- Navigating within a private window is identical to a non-private window. You can use the Back and Forwards buttons as well as the Go menu as usual.
- Links will not be marked as visited when browsing in a private window.
- Bookmarks can be added in a private window in the same way as for a non-private window. They will not be cleared once the private session has ended.

### Browsing and other Histories

- Previously established Browsing History and Location Bar History will be available to a private window, but new sites visited and locations entered into the location bar will not be recorded and saved.
- Files can be downloaded as usual, but no entries will be added to the Download Manager. The downloaded files themselves will not be removed.
- Saved Form and Search History will be available to a private window, thus providing suggestions for form fields or searches. However, any new items or search terms entered will not be recorded and saved.

### Cookies

- A private window can collect cookies from the sites it visits, but a private window does not share cookies with a non-private window and vice versa. For example, if you log into a web site in a regular window, then open a private window to continue, you likely will be asked to enter your credentials again.
- Cookies in a private session are accepted according to the settings, but only retained for the duration of that session regardless of the lifetime allowed in a non-private window.
- Existing exceptions to the cookie policy will be honoured in private windows, and any new exceptions you create will be retained after the private session has ended.

### Cached and Offline Content

- While a private window can use the memory cache for performance, it is not permitted to access the disc cache regardless of the settings for a non-private window. Thus, no cached content will be available after restarting &brandShortName;.
- A private window cannot use any stored offline content deposited by web sites. Thus, you will not be able to use web applications while being offline, even if they have already stored offline content locally.

### Passwords and Authenticated Sessions

- No new passwords will be stored in the Password Manager when entered in a private window.
- Authenticated sessions do not carry over from a non-private to a private window. Thus, you cannot continue a session started in a non-private window in a private window or vice versa.

### Preferences and Permissions

- Any changes to settings and permissions made from a private window are handled in the same way as from a non-private window and retained after the private session has ended.
- Per-site preferences such as zoom levels or download locations are observed in a private window. However, any changes you make will not be retained, e.g., zoom levels revert to the initial value when navigating or switching tabs.

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## Leaving the Private Browsing Mode

There is no special function or command to leave the private mode, and it is not possible to continue working in non-private mode with a private window.

To end a private browsing session, just close all private windows. There will be no record on &brandShortName;'s side on any browsing activities performed in any of the associated private windows.

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# Encrypting Stored Sensitive Information

If you use Password Manager to save passwords, then this sensitive information is stored on your computer in a file that's difficult, but not impossible, for an intruder to read.

For example, if your computer is in an area where unauthorised people have access to it, it's possible for a determined person to read the file containing your sensitive information.

For a greater degree of security, you may want to protect the file with encryption. Encryption makes it much harder for an unauthorised person to view your stored sensitive information.

Your decision about whether to use encryption for stored sensitive data is a tradeoff between improved security and convenience.

If you use encryption, you will need to enter a master password periodically, which can be inconvenient. If you don't, it may be easier for a stranger who has access to your computer to steal your passwords.

In this section:

- Setting a Master Password
- Changing Your Master Password
- Logging Out of Your Master Password
- What to Do If You Forget Your Master Password

## Setting a Master Password

To enable encryption of passwords you need to set a master password. If your master password has not previously been set, you can set it at this time:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Privacy & Security category, click Master Passwords. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)
3. In the Change Master Password section, click Change Password to open the Change Master Password dialogue box.
4. Enter your desired master password, and retype it to confirm the spelling.
5. Click OK.

Make sure your new password is difficult to guess. For some suggestions on how to improve password security, see Choosing a Good Password.

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## Changing Your Master Password

To change your master password:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Privacy & Security category, click Master Passwords. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)
3. In the Change Master Password section, click Change Password to open the Change Master Password dialogue box.
4. Enter your current master password.
5. Enter your new master password, and retype it to confirm the spelling.
6. Click OK.

Make sure your new password is difficult to guess. For some guidelines, see Choosing a Good Password.

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## Logging Out of Your Master Password

Normally, you are asked for your master password once during each &brandShortName; session during which you access any of your stored sensitive information.

It's also possible to require that your master password be requested each time it is needed, or after a certain amount of time has passed. For details, see Master Password Timeout.

You can log out of your master password so that it must be entered again before any sensitive information can be stored or retrieved. This is useful if you are going to leave your computer unattended for a period of time.

To log out of your master password:

1. Open the Tools menu and choose Password Manager.
2. Select Log Out from the submenu.

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## What to Do If You Forget Your Master Password

If you forget your master password, you won't be able to access any of the stored password it protects. Your master password is your most important password. Make sure you remember it or record it in a safe place.

As a last resort, it's possible to reset your master password if you are sure you can't remember it. However, resetting your master password permanently erases all the web and email passwords, saved on your behalf by Password Manager. You will also lose all your personal certificates associated with the Software Security Device.

Before taking this drastic step, read Reset Master Password.

If you are sure you can't remember or retrieve your master password, follow these instructions to reset it:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Privacy & Security category, click Master Passwords. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)
3. Click Reset Master Password.
4. In the Reset Master Password dialogue box, click Reset.

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# Managing Images

If you wish, you can choose not to download any images when you browse the web. This greatly restricts what you can view online, but may be helpful if you have a slow connection and wish to shorten the time it takes web pages to load.

You can also control how frequently animated images repeat their animation, or turn off animation completely.

The next section describes how to control these image settings. The default settings allow all images to be accepted and allow them to repeat their animation.

## Privacy & Security Preferences - Images

This section describes how to set preferences for images. To view the preference settings for images:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Privacy & Security category, click Images. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)

### Image Acceptance Policy

Image Acceptance preferences allow you to control whether or under what conditions the &brandShortName; browser should display images:

- Do not load any images: Select this option if you do not want the &brandShortName; browser to display images.
- Only load images that come from the originating server: Select this option if you do not want to load images from third-party web sites.
- Load all images: Select this option if you want to display all images. (This option is selected by default.)

### Animated images should loop

These settings control how many times animated images repeat their animation:

- As many times as the image specifies: Select this if you want image animation to repeat as many times as specified within each image. (This option is selected by default.)
- Once: Select this if you want image animation to occur once, overriding the number of times specified within each image.
- Never: Select this if you do not want image animation.