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So you've just lost your phone (sorry about that) and you realize you've been using Firefox Sync to get all of your usernames and passwords on it. Here's what you should do to prevent someone from accessing your passwords:

So you've just lost your phone (sorry about that) and you realize you've been using Firefox Sync to get all of your usernames and passwords on it. '''Here's what you should do to prevent someone from accessing your passwords:''' =First, change your sync password= This first step will prevent your lost phone from connecting to the sync server and getting all of the new passwords that you will have to create. [[Template:changesyncpw]] =Second, change all of your account passwords= {warning}It's important that you change your sync password before changing your other account passwords so that your phone doesn't get a copy of your new passwords.{/warning} This part is more time consuming but vital. If you don't change the passwords for things like your bank account, it would still be possible for someone with your phone to log into your account. {note}See [[Choosing More Secure Passwords]] for an easy way to create better passwords.{/note}