Encrypted Bookmarks for Firefox

Encrypted Bookmarks 1.2 for Firefox 5.0

Mike — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:25:59 +0000

For those of you who have upgraded to Firefox 5.0, maxVersion of Encrypted Bookmarks 1.2 has been bumped to 5.0.*. This means that Encrypted Bookmarks 1.2 will work with Firefox 5.0. No other functionality was changed. I haven’t fully tested version 1.2 with Firefox 5.0, so if you find any bugs, please let me know so that they can get fixed.

If you’d like to install Encrypted Bookmarks for Firefox, you can get it here: – http://www.wizzcomputers.com/bmencrypt.php

Encrypted Bookmarks 1.1

Mike — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:01:52 +0000

I have just made version 1.1 of Encrypted Bookmarks for Firefox available. The only change is that maxVersion was bumped to 4.0b3, so that those using Firefox 4.0b3 can continue encrypting their bookmarks.

I also fixed the download link on the Encrypted Bookmarks installation page. Being a twit, I’d typed https, rather than http, for the installation link to the .xpi. It’s fixed now

If you use Firefox and would like to give the Encrypted Bookmarks for Firefox add-on a try, you can get it here.

Unicode bug fixed

Mike — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:21:07 +0000

There was a bug in the code that was causing unicode characters to be encrypted and decrypted incorrectly. The big has been fixed, and the version 1.0 code has been updated.

If you’d like to install Encrypted Bookmarks for Firefox, you can get it here.

Third incarnation of Encrypted Bookmarks for Firefox

Mike — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:41:26 +0000

A few weeks ago “Wanderer” posted the following in the guest book on my personal website: –

Is there any way to get an install file for Wizz Encrypted Bookmarks? I understand that the application has been phased out, but I’d like to re-install it if possible.

So I went digging…

After much searching, I found it!

It’s actually quite a nice little add-on, so I decided to dust it off and do a bit of work on it. The previous two incarnations have taught me a little bit about how people think… Or should that be don’t think?

Anyway, I made it a bit smarter. It will no longer try to decrypt bookmarks that are already decrypted (I hope). It will no longer try to encrypt bookmarks that are already encrypted (I hope), and, using a bit of MD5 magic, it won’t decrypt bookmarks if the encryption key is incorrect (I hope).

That’s what it looks like when bookmarks are decrypted

And that’s what it looks like when bookmarks are encrypted

Apart from the encryption stuff, the sidebar works in exactly the same way as the usual Firefox Bookmarks sidebar (Ctrl + B) works (I hope). The search functionality, unlike the search functionality in the usual Firefox Bookmarks sidebar, only searches the Encrypted Bookmarks folder. It is a bit slow, but it does a huge lot of work when encrypting and decrypting.

Please remember, Encrypted Bookmarks uses Blowfish encryption, and, as far as I know, Blowfish encryption has never been broken. So if you forget your encryption key, you’re up shit creek without a paddle!

If you’d like to install Encrypted Bookmarks for Firefox, you can get it here.