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    Opera is asking for my old account password to sync saved passwords

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    • GoneTundra
      GoneTundra last edited by

      This password sync issue is bad.
      I got new computer, naturally transfer and sync everything. From the sync option, it tells me to put password. Been some time since I logged in so everything I guess is wrong (I logged in from Google account). So I go and reset my password with authenticator and all.

      I come back, put my password, but now it says I need my old password to get my password syncs.

      Unable to synchronise passwords
      Your saved passwords were encrypted with an Opera account password which has been changed.
      
      If you know your previous Opera account password, you can enter it now. If not, you can reset your saved passwords.
      
      

      Well, at least I can reset the saved password, right?

      Wrong.

      as soon as I click the reset button, it blows up and just says there was an issue with it.

      So frustrating. All of the 'highly safe and automated' passwords are gone. I'll stick to making my own from now

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @GoneTundra last edited by

        @GoneTundra Saved passwords are encrypted locally, using your Opera account credentials, before being sent to the Sync server.
        So, the only way to decrypt them is by providing the exactly same password that was being used when they were synchronized .

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