Issue with Google Chrome

missterial

I was amazed last night when ickle bruv told me all my passwords. Google Chrome asks if you want passwords to be stored. If you go into 'options\minor tweaks\show saved passwords' it displays a list of sites for which your passwords have been saved. My concern is that there is a button on this screen that displays your passwords for the world to see. This does not seem very secure to me?

shadowdragon

well I havent touched Chrome and dont plan on doing so, theres better out there (im a firefox man myself and have been for years).

I have had a quick look around firefox and I cant see a facility like that, and I wouldnt know why you would want one. The initial thought is if you are using a laptop and are quite mobile and it gets stolen, voila all your passwords in one place!!

Nice feature!

Theres a thread about chrome on this section of the forum, and its ups and downs. Although through what I have read it seems to be more downs than ups.

amcluesent

>I have had a quick look around firefox and I cant see a facility like that<

Look harder. Tools->Options->Security->Saved Passwords->Show Passwords

alanwjones

In Google Chrome, to disable the save-password option, click on the little spanner icon on the top right (beside the address bar), select Options, click on the Minor Tweaks tab and select Never save passwords. If you want to view passwords already saved, click on “Show saved passwords

shadowdragon

amcluesent wrote: »

>I have had a quick look around firefox and I cant see a facility like that<

Look harder. Tools->Options->Security->Saved Passwords->Show Passwords

haa yeah, ty, it not a worry for me as I dont have anything interesting to steal!! At least you can disable it.

Strange functionality though!!!