<![CDATA[Portable browser will have passwords stored?]]>Just wondering...
Let's say I store passwords on my USB portable Opera.
If someone got hold of the USB stick, then they would have access to websites that have passwords stored?

Isn't that a massive security hole?

Surely opera should have something to counter? Like needing to enter passwords again if used on a new machine?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/45554/portable-browser-will-have-passwords-storedRSS for NodeMon, 13 Apr 2026 16:09:08 GMTThu, 03 Dec 2020 14:32:09 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Portable browser will have passwords stored? on Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:15:46 GMT]]>I'll try and see what the results are.
Just thought it would all be documented. 🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/235535https://forums.opera.com/post/235535Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:15:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Portable browser will have passwords stored? on Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:00:54 GMT]]>@enginestar Cookies would be saved in the same place as the passwords.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/235532https://forums.opera.com/post/235532Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:00:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Portable browser will have passwords stored? on Thu, 03 Dec 2020 19:58:42 GMT]]>@enginestar said

So, passwords aren't copied across and are stored on the local PC?

They are probably copied on the USB device but since they are encrypted using the OS credentials, I wonder if they will work in a different computer. maybe you will need to provide a login information.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/235531https://forums.opera.com/post/235531Thu, 03 Dec 2020 19:58:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Portable browser will have passwords stored? on Thu, 03 Dec 2020 19:48:48 GMT]]>Haven't tested 🙂

I just assumed you can unplug from one machine and use on another?
So, passwords aren't copied across and are stored on the local PC?
That's good to know!

But... are cookies and everything else still there?
So, I can move to different machines if I did want to? (The only difference being I would need to type the username and passwords in again.)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/235529https://forums.opera.com/post/235529Thu, 03 Dec 2020 19:48:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Portable browser will have passwords stored? on Thu, 03 Dec 2020 17:24:27 GMT]]>@enginestar said in Portable browser will have passwords stored?:

Surely opera should have something to counter? Like needing to enter passwords again if used on a new machine?

That's what should happen. Did you test and that didn't happen?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/235514https://forums.opera.com/post/235514Thu, 03 Dec 2020 17:24:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Portable browser will have passwords stored? on Thu, 03 Dec 2020 15:02:43 GMT]]>@enginestar Saved passwords are encrypted with your/the OS login credentials, so probably they can't be used in a different computer.

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