WOW. Open Chrome, go to chrome://settings/passwords, select an account, click "Show Password". BOOM! Anyone who can access your computer can see your saved passwords.
Can't you do that in any browser? I seem to remember it being really easy to access the list of stored passwords in Firefox, as well. This is part of the reason I never bother letting my browser store my passwords.
- Fried Curdys
yes, you can. and few ppl set a master password.
- Joe Silence
Does that make sense to you Morton? It's very simple to steal a computer. Should that open up everything or would it be more sensible to have a deeper depth of security?
- Todd Hoff
Thanks for posting this. Not terribly secure, IMO. Good to double check what you've saved. (I'm ok with little forums and things being saved, but not
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Micah, for me it isn't an issue of remembering the password but not wanting to type it so often.
- Skyler Call
I think it's a serious issue Google needs to take on Chrome. I found usernames/passwords as old as 2 years old maybe because I've used Google sync.
- AJ Batac (/-_-)
I don't see any saved passwords in my 2.x year-old Chrome :D
- Lysender
You shouldn't use the save password feature built into browsers anyway. Even if it's encrypted then the encryption must be reversible, and the key must be stored on your computer. It's never been safe. They should just remove the feature imo.
- xero