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by jonchang 1662 days ago
These are the first paragraphs of the email I got:

> On December 13th 2021, the Firefox browser will be officially "resorbing" Firefox Lockwise. Don't worry, all your saved Lockwise passwords will still be available through the Firefox browser using a Firefox account.

> The Firefox Lockwise app will no longer be updated and supported by Mozilla and will not be available in the Apple App and Google Play Stores. After that date, current Lockwise users can continue to access their saved passwords and their password management in the Firefox desktop and mobile browsers.

It seems pretty clear-cut to me.
4 comments
admax88qqq 1662 days ago
That email could be true if Firefox has autofill and if it doesn't. They only say you can access you passwords via the browser. They should have explicity mentioned that the browser now replicated thr autofill functionality of lockwise.
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vorticalbox 1662 days ago
i am not sure this is the same, lock wise let you fill in passwords on any application not just in the browser
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OJFord 1662 days ago
It's the same, I panicked at first then found the setting thanks to a fellow commenter. Search my name in this thread and I detailed it in response to someone else.

Sibling says it's working in Nightly -- I'm using the regular stable release on Android and it's there. Haven't even updated it for a few weeks at least. (I just didn't know it existed before now, I was using Lockwise.)

All in all it makes sense tbh - Lockwise used FF account and sync... Who would have one with synchronised data and not be using FF on their phone (esp. Android) anyway?

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Vinnl 1662 days ago
It is the same; I'm using Firefox Nightly to prefill passwords in other apps.
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OJFord 1662 days ago
If I got an email, I haven't read it yet. But I have seen this on the site via HN (make of that what you will...) and it's completely unclear. It says the functionality is coming to FF for iOS in December, but fails to mention that Android already has it (doesn't mention it at all) or if there are any differences at all to be aware of.
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jfrunyon 1662 days ago
Where does that say that it will autofill?
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