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Stolen Laptop ,Thunderbird saved accounts passwords

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Stolen laptop .Thunderbird had saved all my accounts passwords . I had no master password. Accounts were synced with my desktop .Now I installed Primary Password and, changed all my accounts passwords . Can the thief still access my accounts on stolen laptop. I backed up my profiles. Can messages on laptop be deleted . If I delete all messages from my desktop, will all messages also be deleted from stolen laptop if thief access thunderbird

Stolen laptop .Thunderbird had saved all my accounts passwords . I had no master password. Accounts were synced with my desktop .Now I installed Primary Password and, changed all my accounts passwords . Can the thief still access my accounts on stolen laptop. I backed up my profiles. Can messages on laptop be deleted . If I delete all messages from my desktop, will all messages also be deleted from stolen laptop if thief access thunderbird

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Any local messages on PC can be accessed, but nothing more, since you changed the passwords. With changed passwords, the thief cannot access the account, so cannot view online messages.

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thank-you. Can old messages left on stolen laptop still be read .

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Yes, they can be read.

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I should add that the messages can be read even if there had been a primary password if the person has any knowledge of Thunderbird. Message folders are simple mbox files that can be viewed with any generic mbox viewer software or copied into a Thunderbird profile.

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Your best bet for security is to password protect the PC.

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