What is the Passphrase ? How to get it without deleting data

[Ventus-exe]

Ventus-exe last edited by

Okay so I watched a little the other posts and it is supposed to be an old password but they aren't working ? Like I never got asked to put a passphrase so I don't even know And i don't want to lose all my data (that already got deleted by recovery so i can't just re-sync afterward)

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Ventus-exe last edited by

@ventus-exe Passphrase is an extra password that you set up to encrypt your synced data.

There is no way to change or remove it without removing synced data from the servers.

When a passphrase is not used, only saved passwords are encrypted, using your Opera account credentials.
So, if you change your Opera account password, you will need to inform the old one to decrypt the data with your old saved passwords.

And that is the password (or passphrase) that Sync usually asks.

[twizy]

twizy @Ventus-exe last edited by

@ventus-exe l keep getting asked for a passphrase. I don't remember ever having created one. It won't let me sync without entering it.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @twizy last edited by

@twizy Check above, Sync/Opera is probably asking for an old Opera account password.

[twizy]

twizy @leocg last edited by

@leocg Oh, l see. Thanks very much for your reply. I did have another Opera account ages ago. I don't think that l know the password for it. 

[twizy]

twizy @twizy last edited by

@twizy Don't know where the symbols in my reply came from. I must have clicked on something by mistake.

[kanikavatsyayan]

kanikavatsyayan last edited by

The passphrase is the password used for sync, not the one you use to sign in to Opera. Though I am not a hardcore Opera user, I believe opera would allow any user that remembers their password to get the passphrase. Here’s something that I found on the web.

In your computer's Opera browser:

• Go to Settings.
• Click Advanced in the left sidebar, and click Privacy & security.
• Under Autofill, click Passwords.

I hope it helps!

[Ventus-exe]

Ventus-exe @kanikavatsyayan last edited by

@kanikavatsyayan The probleme is that, I need that Passphrase to recover my passwords, My browser got reset so losing all my passwords was a big problem since it was my only way of knowing some of them but thanks for trying to help

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @kanikavatsyayan last edited by

@kanikavatsyayan Passphrase is an additional password that you can add in order to protect your synced data.

You login to Sync using your Opera account password, the sane used to login in these forums.

As far as I know, passphrase is stored locally, so there is no way for Opera to recover it.

[CG-109]

CG-109 @leocg last edited by leocg

@leocg are you shitting me? My computer is broke so I went to another one, tried to transfer data, but the passwords I wrote down were on a note thing on the laptop so I have no hope

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @CG-109 last edited by sgunhouse

@cg-109 Opera cannot access any of your data. If they could you'd be reading about people stealing your data by phishing attacks, so be glad it is secure.

[NightLancerX]

NightLancerX @leocg last edited by

@leocg Thanks mate! That's a great news to hear. I was afraid that I set some stupid phrase like 6 years ago and there's no way I can remember it, but since it's only registration data, even tho I had to change my Opera e-mail I still saw recent one(while changing) and easily can guess 2 more possible option that might be used.

[bogueo]

bogueo last edited by

Once you delete your synched information to make a new password is there any way to retrieve this information again?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @bogueo last edited by

@bogueo Nope