help content updates per b=85925, PDT approved, r=oeschger@netscape.com

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<p>Password Manager stores your user names and passwords on your computer's hard disk and enters them for you automatically when you visit the sites that require them. For detailed information about using Password Manager, including how to override it for individual sites and how to view and manage stored passwords, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#using_password">Using the Password Manager</a>
<p>To activate Password Manager so that it automatically stores your user names and passwords and enters them for you as necessary, select the checkbox in the Web Passwords panel labeled "Remember passwords for sites that require me to log in."
<p>To activate Password Manager so that it automatically stores your user names and passwords and enters them for you as necessary, select the checkbox in the Web Passwords panel labeled &quot;Remember passwords for sites that require me to log in.&quot;
<p>To turn off Password Manager, deselect the same checkbox.
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<a NAME="Encrypting_Versus_Obscuring"></a>
<h3>Encrypting Versus Obscuring</h3>
<p>If you use Password Manager or Form Manager to save passwords and personal data, then this sensitive information is stored on your computer in a file that's difficult, but not impossible, for an intruder to read. This way of storing information is sometimes describes as "obscuring."
<p>If you use Password Manager or Form Manager to save passwords and personal data, then this sensitive information is stored on your computer in a file that's difficult, but not impossible, for an intruder to read. This way of storing information is sometimes describes as &quot;obscuring.&quot;
<p>For improved protection, you may want to protect the file with encryption. Encryption makes it nearly impossible for an unauthorized person to view your stored sensitive information.
<p>To turn on encryption for sensitive information stored on your computer, select the checkbox in the Web Passwords panel labeled "Use encryption when storing sensitive data." If you have not previously set a <a href="glossary.html#master_password">master password</a>, you will be asked to create one. To do so, follow the instructions as they appear on your screen. For an overview of the steps involved, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#using_encrypt">Encrypting Stored Sensitive Information</a>.
<p>To turn on encryption for sensitive information stored on your computer, select the checkbox in the Web Passwords panel labeled &quot;Use encryption when storing sensitive data.&quot; If you have not previously set a <a href="glossary.html#master_password">master password</a>, you will be asked to create one. To do so, follow the instructions as they appear on your screen. For an overview of the steps involved, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#using_encrypt">Encrypting Stored Sensitive Information</a>.
<p>To turn off encryption for sensitive information, so that it is obscured but not encrypted, deselect the checkbox.
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<a NAME="Master_Password"></a>
<a NAME="master_password:changingIDX"></a>
<a NAME="master_password:aboutIDX"></a>
<a NAME="master_password:timeout_forIDX"></a>
<h3>Master Password Timeout</h3>
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<hr>
<p><i>7/3/2001</i></p>
<p><i>7/5/2001</i></p>
<p>Copyright &copy; 1994-2001 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
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<ul>
<LI><b>Entering a site that supports encryption.</b> Select this warning if you want to be reminded whenever you are entering a web site that supports encryption.
<LI><b>Entering a site that uses low-grade encryption.</b> Select this warning if you want to be reminded whenever you are entering a web site that supports low-grade encryption. (Low-grade encryption is the weakest encryption available, using 40-bit keys.)
<LI><b>Sending form data from an insecure page to an insecure page.</b> Select this warning if you want to be reminded whenever you are submitting data over an unencrypted connetion. <b>You may want to select this option even if you don't want any of the others, so you don't inadvertently send sensitive
<LI><b>Sending form data from an insecure page to an insecure page.</b> Select this warning if you want to be reminded whenever you are submitting data over an unencrypted connection. <b>You may want to select this option even if you don't want any of the others, so you don't inadvertently send sensitive
information that isn't encrypted. </b>If you send unencrypted information over the Internet, it can easily be intercepted by other people.
<LI><b>Viewing a page with an encrypted/unencrypted mix.</b> Select this warning if you want to be alerted whenever you are viewing a page that includes any information that's not encrypted.
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