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Your browsing data, like your bookmarks, history, passwords, and other settings, can be saved and synced to an your account. That way, your data is available on any device where you sign into a web browser with that same account.  Any changes you make to your data on one device will sync to all other devices where you are signed in.

This is very useful if you get a new device; you can get back your bookmarks, history, passwords, and other settings by simply signing into the web browser again.

This is recommended, but not required.

Google Chrome

We recommend using your personal Google Account and not an RIT account.

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1. Sign up for a Firefox account at Firefox Accounts signup page.
   1. Enter your email address, password and age, then click Create account.
   2. When the confirmation email arrives, click on the verification link.
2. Once your account has been verified, sign in to Firefox.
   1. Open Firefox and click the Open menu button at the top right.  
   2. Click "Sign in to Firefox."  
   3. Again, click "Sign in to Firefox." 
   4. Sign in to your Firefox account.

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