Chrome's insane password security strategy

Re:Chrome's insane password security strategy by zestyping on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @09:25PM (#6170277)

Seeing the data would be pretty convincing. Could you please share the data that leads you believe that:

- Showing passwords in this fashion is consistent with most users' expectations about how their passwords can be accessed.

- Requiring authentication before showing passwords has the effect of encouraging people to leave their computers unlocked in a potentially hostile environment.

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Re:Chrome's insane password security strategy by Jayku1 on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @12:37PM (#6173890)

I think the data in question is more likely to be feature usage statistics of the sort that show that when a browser does has a master password option, something less than 2% of users set it, and half of those unset it after they realize they're going to be prompted for it over and over and over all day.

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