Sync grabbed old passwords - how?

[raineycd]

raineycd last edited by

Recently was going to migrate to a new PC - turned on sync for very first time on both my browser sessions - each using different sync logins that I just setup (never used before) - both sessions grabbed old passwords from god knows where and now I have to reset numerous passwords that were changed in the past few months. WTF?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @raineycd last edited by

@raineycd Any other browser was installed? The same Opera account was used before to sync?

[raineycd]

raineycd @leocg last edited by

@leocg Yeah like 3 other browsers, brand new Opera accounts, first time sync.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @raineycd last edited by leocg

@raineycd Opera imports data from the default browser in the installation process, maybe that's how it got the passwords.

[raineycd]

raineycd @leocg last edited by

@leocg idk, very odd

[bbuddy25]

bbuddy25 @leocg last edited by

@leocg For the record. that's actually kind of smart of them. It saves you the work of having to set up the password manager for every website you already have an account for.

[raineycd]

raineycd @bbuddy25 last edited by

@bbuddy25 said in Sync grabbed old passwords - how?:

@leocg For the record. that's actually kind of smart of them. It saves you the work of having to set up the password manager for every website you already have an account for.

I had already imported all my passwords from Chrome and been using Opera for over a year before I turned on Opera Sync so I could migrate to a new computer. Yeah very smart of them to overwrite my passwords with passwords from god knows where that were old.