> I'm confused, if it could "perhaps be wallpapered over by forcing a prompt
> before anything starts loading..." but "you'd still get multiple prompts for
> the same.." then how does it wallpaper it?
It would wallpaper over the multiple master-password prompt (which isn't what this bug is about), but not multiple for HTTP-auth or proxy-auth.
> If the person launching
> that profile doesn't have the password then they can't even see what tabs you
> have open.
Yes they can. That's not what the master password protects.
(In reply to comment #214)
> I'm confused, if it could "perhaps be wallpapered over by forcing a prompt
> before anything starts loading..." but "you'd still get multiple prompts for
> the same.." then how does it wallpaper it?
It would wallpaper over the multiple master-password prompt (which isn't what this bug is about), but not multiple for HTTP-auth or proxy-auth.
> If the person launching
> that profile doesn't have the password then they can't even see what tabs you
> have open.
Yes they can. That's not what the master password protects.