Save password on chrome? Think again chrome://chrome/settings/passwords

Re:Save password on chrome? Think again chrome://chrome/sett... by codeka on Monday December 03, 2012 @07:31AM (#4865077)

This is true of Firefox and (possibly?) IE as well, though IE doesn't have an option to show the passwords in the UI.

If a user has access to your desktop, then it really doesn't matter if your saved passwords are stored in plain text, you've already lost.

And what's the alternative? Ask for a "master" password every time Chrome wants to auto-complete a password for you? That's what extensions like lastpass do, but I don't think it makes sense for that to be the default.

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Re:Save password on chrome? Think again chrome://chrome/sett... by tatsuke95 on Monday December 03, 2012 @07:42AM (#4865119)

>"That's what extensions like lastpass do, but I don't think it makes sense for that to be the default."

LastPass keeps you logged in to your "vault" either while the browser remains open, or by time limit. So you're really only entering the master password once per session. I think Firefox has a similar feature; you enter a master password the first time you try to access your passwords.

People not using features like this, at the very the least, is pretty sad. LastPass saved my sanity.

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Re:Save password on chrome? Think again chrome://chrome/sett... by vincentkriek on Monday December 03, 2012 @07:56AM (#4865165)

If I want to read my password I need to enter my master password again. Even when I'm logged in. You could log into the website without the master password but reading the password needs it.

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Re:Save password on chrome? Think again chrome://chrome/sett... by dante_dev on Monday December 03, 2012 @07:39AM (#4865111)

right, just a hint, for password managing in firefox I use LastPass, it encrypt and autocomplete all.

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