Chrome’s Glaring Security Weaknesses: Here's Why They Wont Bother Fixing Them

Posted by erikgrueter on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @01:30PM
from the doctrackr.com dept.

http://www.doctrackr.com/blog/bid/372104/Chrome-s-Glaring-Security-Weaknesses-Are-You-At-Risk?utm_source=hacker-news&utm_medium=social&utm_term=post&utm_content=chrome-security&utm_campaign=Blog-Post-1-29

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Re:Chrome’s Glaring Security Weaknesses: Here's Why They Won... by isuraed on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @01:54PM (#7145909)

Most browsers store passwords unencrypted. A basic rule of security is that physical access means all bets are off. Only disk encryption will save you against physical access.

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Re:Chrome’s Glaring Security Weaknesses: Here's Why They Won... by raybeorn on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @02:04PM (#7145973)

yeah if some bad actor has physical access to your machine you can pretty much consider yourself screwed.

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