When it comes to picking a web browser, almost 70% of users in the U.S. go with one of two solutions, Firefox or Chrome. However, while Opera may not be the most popular web browser it is still on par with these two giants when it comes to certain features and overall performance.
In fact, Opera is one of the most secure web browsers on the market thanks to such features as the in-built VPN and a rather simple password manager that is protected by the very same password used for logging in to the computer.
But no matter how safe Opera’s own in-built password manager is, it is far from being as advanced as a solution provided by a professional password manager company. This is why Opera users can also enjoy all the benefits of these programs via handy extensions that seamlessly integrate into the browse
At first it may seem that Opera doesn’t support the import or export of passwords without any third party software or extension. However, this can easily be bypassed by visiting the so-called Experiments tab: just enter opera://flags#password-import-export to the browser’s address bar and then activate the password import/export feature.
This will create a new pair of buttons in the window displaying all your saved passwords, finally allowing you to import and export credentials in a convenient CSV format. The other option that is available with Opera is “Sync”, a solution that synchronizes settings and data between all the devices that you are using Opera on.
Still, none of these solutions are completely bulletproof: the import/export button may crash the browser, while the sync feature is prone to hacker attacks (see below). So, then, it is best to rely on third party solutions like password managers, the add-ons of which can seamlessly import all necessary information from the browser and store it in a safe, virtually unbreakable environment.
However, there are also other third party solutions that are not related to password managers – which does mean that they may not be as safe – such as two Windows-only solutions developed by Nirsoft, specifically ChromePass (the same software used to extract Chrome passwords) or WebBrowserPassView.
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