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Reveal a Password in Internet Explorer or Firefox…

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Ever come across a page which has got a username and password pre-populated but you don’t know what the password is as it is merely a bunch of asterisks? Obviously, you can login by clicking Submit, but you can’t actually see what the password is. Until now…

With certain web-sites, you can simply copy and paste a long line of Javascript below, and paste it into your address bar (on the page that the hidden password is on). This will then reveal the password for you in a little pop-up box! Childs play…

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javascript:(function(){var s,F,j,f,i; s = ""; F = document.forms; for(j=0; j<F.length; ++j) { f = F[j]; for (i=0; i<f.length; ++i) { if (f[i].type.toLowerCase() == "password") s += f[i].value + "\n"; } } if (s) alert("Passwords in forms on this page:\n\n" + s); else alert("There are no passwords in forms on this page.");})();

Obviously, this re-inforces the fact that you should always click “Do Not Remember My Password” on computers where other people will have access – this includes anything from public libraries, a mates house, or even your own computer! As I said, this only works on some web-sites, however, it can be pretty useful on the web sites that it does work on…Enjoy.

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    This article was written by Sam Davis on June 30, 2008.
    Computing over a glass of Grenache Shiraz... again!
    Sam is the Editor of Blasted Thing. Contact Us

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2 Responses to “Reveal a Password in Internet Explorer or Firefox…”

  1. Kalimari on September 11th, 2008

    Thanks! That is an excellent tip.

  2. Andrew Patrick on November 6th, 2009

    Interesting, but I disagree with your advice about not saving passwords in the browser of your home computer.

    Over at NetSafetyGuide.com I encourage people to use the save feature in their browser as long as they set a master password. Once it is set, without the master passwords, the site passwords cannot be decrypted so the display trick will be useless.

    Besides, the trick is not needed — users can simply view the passwords stored in the browser Options interface. In Firefox, for example, it is under Preferences (or Options) > Security > Saved Passwords.

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