Keyring unlock prompts
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I know this is an old and has been marked solved in https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/30413/password-for-keyring-solved/20.
However, even when the browser is launched with the --password-store=basic flag, it still prompts several times when a link from another program (say email) is clicked. There must be a way to disable this. I do not use the password store feature of the browser in any way.
Other than this annoyance (and the fact that it contacts google (supposedly to verify internet connection) on every start, it's a great browser. -
ZZalex108 moved this topic from Let's talk about Vivaldi on -
@AmpedForay Vivaldi doesn’t contact Google servers to “verify internet connection.” Google servers could be connected for multiple purposes, e.g. updating your extensions or downloading the latest malware list. You can turn all of this off in
vivaldi://settings/privacy, if it offends you. Just be aware that the features these settings enable won’t be available to you any longer. -
This is the most recent of this particular complaint I can find. I encountered this issue using Autologin with a new install of MX w/- Cinnamon. The solution is not Vivaldi but the keyring. Every 'Vivaldi' solution I tried failed or broke something. The solution that worked for me was - go to 'Passwords and Keys' in the OS menu, not Vivaldi. Right click on Login folder, not the key entry itself. Choose change password, enter your login password to continue. At change password pop up leave both entries blank and press continue. Accept warning pop up - which is fluff anyway. Reboot and problem solved, Vivaldi starts with no pop up, saves passwords and syncs correctly.
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@Legion2020 said in Keyring unlock prompts:
Accept warning pop up - which is fluff anyway
It's not fluff. You are disabling a security feature. If you use vivaldi to store passwords they will be unencrypted.
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A 'security feature' which is a PIA and unwanted or needed by many, many people. Too much is being forced onto Linux without giving people options, which is the absolute core of Linux.
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Not much is forced upon you in linux... you're just using a distro that uses login/password security...which as you found can be disabled.
