On 20/05/2015 02:38, Ryan Feeley wrote: >> On May 15, 2015, at 8:39 PM, Christopher Karlof <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Then, e.g., we could probably implement Ryan’s idea in a way that >> doesn’t require the user to re-enter password (unless she wants to >> sign in as a different user to Sync than Hello). That said, it’s a >> significant amount of work, but could be part of larger refactor of >> the browser FxA code that I think we should do anyway. > > > I know that an existing Sync user can sign in to Marketplace today > without re-entering a password. > > Screenshot: > https://www.dropbox.com/s/gvnoqema8sye873/fxa-sign-in-passwordless.png?dl=0 > > If I recall correctly, this was working to/from Sync and Hello as well, > but started requiring an extra password at some point.
It will have started requiring an extra password as of FF40 or thereabouts, because the Hello code in Firefox started asking for encryption keys. As Chris suggests, doing *that* without re-entering your password would require direct cooperation from the browser. Cheers, Ryan _______________________________________________ Sync-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/sync-dev
