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How to protect yourself if suspicious activity is detected on your Mozilla account.
How to protect yourself if suspicious activity is detected on your Mozilla account.
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Your Mozila account syncs your passwords, bookmarks and history across multiple devices. If you notice suspicious activity on your Mozilla account (like someone signing in from an unknown device), there are steps you can take to prevent further access to your information.
= First, change your Sync password from a synced computer =
This first step will prevent devices with your old Mozilla account password from connecting to the Sync server and getting all of the new passwords that you will have to create in the next section.
[[Template:changesyncpw]]
{note}When you open Firefox on another connected device, it will prompt you to enter your new Mozilla account password. Or you can update your other connected devices with the new password by following these steps:
#Disconnect your other devices from your Mozilla account by following [[Remove a synced device from your Mozilla account|these steps]].
#Reconnect these same devices by following [[How do I set up Sync on my computer?#w_connect-additional-devices-to-sync|these instructions]].{/note}
= Second, change all of your website passwords from a synced computer =
{warning}Change your Mozilla account password (see previous section) before changing your other account passwords to prevent your new passwords from syncing with devices.{/warning}
This part is more time consuming but important. If you don't change the passwords for things like your bank account, it would still be possible for someone else to log in to your account using the existing already synced password.
See [[Create secure passwords to keep your identity safe]] for an easy way to create better passwords.
Your Mozila account syncs your passwords, bookmarks and history across multiple devices. If you notice suspicious activity on your Mozilla account (like someone signing in from an unknown device), there are steps you can take to prevent further access to your information.
= First, change your Sync password from a synced computer =
This first step will prevent devices with your old Mozilla account password from connecting to the Sync server and getting all of the new passwords that you will have to create in the next section.
[[Template:changesyncpw]]
{note}When you open Firefox on another connected device, it will prompt you to enter your new Mozilla account password. Or, you can update your other connected devices with the new password as follows:
#Disconnect your other devices from your Mozilla account by following [[Remove a synced device from your Mozilla account|these steps]].
#Reconnect these same devices by following [[How do I set up Sync on my computer?#w_connect-additional-devices-to-sync|these instructions]].{/note}
= Second, change all of your website passwords from a synced computer =
{warning}Change your Mozilla account password (see previous section) before changing your other account passwords to prevent your new passwords from syncing with devices.{/warning}
This part is more time consuming but important. If you don't change the passwords for things like your bank account, it would still be possible for someone else to log in to your account using the existing already synced password.
See [[Create secure passwords to keep your identity safe]] for an easy way to create better passwords.