Let me add that if you share your computer with others, or if you just want to make absolutely sure your saved web
passwords are significantly safer, you have three options:

1. "Throw the baby out with the bathwater": Disable the "Remember Passwords"
feature in Firefox so that the program never remembers any of your web
passwords.

2. "Lock down Firefox": Create a new, master password that automatically locks
all of your passwords from snoops.

3. "Lock down your computer": Use your computer's user accounts feature along
with a screensaver password to require everyone whose uses your computer to
login.

In my humble [controversial] opinion, the last option is the best. It solves not
only the Firefox saved password security problem but also a host of other
security issues we don't need to go into today.