Password for password sync

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f0xen last edited by leocg

So I'm really trying not to be aggressive about this situation but... The whole system of your all passwords are being secured by another password (which Opera decides it and literally mentions it about anywhere but the options section only) is so trash Imma lose my mind. The way to put your saved passwords in secure (as all the other browsers do) should be putting them Inside Your Account, like any other important data being kept.
So my problem is: I was putting all my password in this Opera system (knowing that I'm trusting it too much) and then just reseted my PC for various reasons. And after the reset I downloaded Opera and suddenly got this error: "You should enter your synchronization master passphrase to get your synced passwords". And do you know what's the funniest part? It says "if you forgot it (or never knew there was such thing) you can basicly erase all of the password data of yours which only we have acces! :)" I know there is another option that says "if you enter your old password of your account, you can acces to it." But it doesn't working for me and I don't know why.
Normally for these kinda situations companies has a help center and if you can prove that the data you're looking for is yours, you can get them. Unfortunetly Opera doesn't have that either. Writing all of these here for a hope of getting usefull help and to remind you all reliability of good old writing down your passwords on paper.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @f0xen last edited by

@f0xen So you reset your OS, reinstalled Opera, logged in to Sync and was asked to provide a password to get your saved passwords?
if so, Either Opera is asking for your old Opera account password, if you have changed it recently, or it is asking for your passphrase, that you may have set at some point.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @f0xen last edited by

@f0xen By the way, the correct place to store passwords is the brain. Passwords saving tools don't exist to release you from remember your passwords but to keep you from having to write them down all the time.

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f0xen @leocg last edited by

@leocg Yeah the thing is, as I mentioned above, I'm entering my old account password and it does not accepts it. And I have never set a passphrase myself.

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f0xen @leocg last edited by f0xen

@leocg And I'm just gonna pretend like you didn't say that. Because hell I don't even know how many website accounts I had stored in Opera. I have litterally tons of accounts. If what you say was the correct way, either you had to make your all passwords same and like "yourname123" or you had to be 200IQ or somethin. And why do you writing them down if you can store them all in your brain in the first place?

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @f0xen last edited by

@f0xen What about the current one?

There were other password changes before?

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @f0xen last edited by

@f0xen If you create a pattern, a model for your passwords, it shouldn't be that difficult to remember them when needed.

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f0xen @leocg last edited by

@leocg As I remember I changed my account password twice. And I found the previous one.
So I'm guessing when it says "old password" it means the very first one not the previous.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @f0xen last edited by

@f0xen I guess it may depends on when the passwords were synced.

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frazky @f0xen last edited by

@f0xen Got a Mac computer got an Android phone. The synch is Not intuitive..buggy and a waste of time. This is the 21st century...I expected better.. .. we pay a lot of money for internet our gadgets etc etc...The Browser companies must make a mint...don't promise a synch you can't deliver ..disappointed