Chrome's insane password security strategy

Re:Chrome's insane password security strategy by papacity on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @05:59PM (#6175945)

> No other browser makes it this easy to get at passwords in plaintext.

In Firefox you can go to preferences, security, and saved passwords. And News Flash: If you leave your wallet unattended for 30 seconds, someone could take your money. I guess wallet makers should include a warning too?

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Re:Chrome's insane password security strategy by mullingitover on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @08:54PM (#6176718)

> In Firefox you can go to preferences, security, and saved passwords.

Incorrect if you set a master password, which Firefox allows you to do and is the reason why everyone's saying 'wtf, chrome?' and leaving firefox alone.

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Re:Chrome's insane password security strategy by papacity on Thursday August 08, 2013 @10:47AM (#6179231)

IF you set a master password... But how many people do that? By the way, you can set up user profiles in Chrome.

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Re:Chrome's insane password security strategy by mullingitover on Thursday August 08, 2013 @07:47PM (#6182760)

That's not the point. The point is that Chrome lacks this option, which, again, is why nobody's heckling Firefox right now. This isn't a thread about people failing to configure their software, it's a thread about a popular piece of software that's bungling some trivial security features.

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Re:Chrome's insane password security strategy by teeja on Thursday August 08, 2013 @03:35PM (#6181276)

How many? ALL the smart people.

As for the dumb ones, they're storing their passwords on a sticky-post. Or using Chrome.

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