October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month — here is a password checklist you can finish in an evening.

Switching to 8PWD

Firefox → 8PWD

Export Logins CSV

Steps

  1. 1

    Open about:logins in Firefox, click ⋯ at the top right, then Export Logins….

  2. 2

    Confirm with your system password and save the .csv.

  3. 3

    Import the file in 8PWD; the Firefox template maps its columns.

What ends up where

url → URL (the site name is derived from it); username → username; password → password.

After the import

Check a few entries, turn on AutoFill for 8PWD, and delete the export file from wherever you saved it — it is plain text.

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