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How can i make firefox disguise my passwords in yahoo and gmail etc with little black dots? At the moment when i enter my password, it is visible for all to see.

AnonymousUser
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When i type in my password into Yahoo o Gmail, it is visible for all to read. Before i updated to Firefox 3.6.8 when i entered my password the letters were disguised as little black dots, but now it is visible for all to see.

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== I updated firefox

When i type in my password into Yahoo o Gmail, it is visible for all to read. Before i updated to Firefox 3.6.8 when i entered my password the letters were disguised as little black dots, but now it is visible for all to see. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == I updated firefox

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Do you have that problem when running in the Firefox SafeMode? http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode Don't select anything right now, just use "Continue in SafeMode."

If not, see this: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/troubleshooting+extensions+and+theme...

AnonymousUser
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Perfect, problem solved. one of the extensions was causing the problem.

Thanks a million for your help!!