The “Change password” button doesn’t alter anything inside the browser, which may disappoint. Weak password? Chrome 88 can helpīeginning with Chrome version 88, you can now check for weak passwords (open Settings and search for “Passwords”) and alter them on the fly, with just a few clicks.
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With that in mind, Chrome continues to make inroads in the name of beefing up browser password safety. Real time phishing protection is the icing on an ever-growing cake. Browsers taking things one step beyond simply storing, and checking for stolen passwords is great. Making use of encryption, instead of leaving data lying around in plaintext, is excellent.
Even something as basic as having to enter your Windows password to view or copy saved passwords is reassuring. Let’s be clear: things are better now for passwords in browsers than they used to be. And new ones emerge, like the rogue advertisers trying to grab autofill data.
So, no matter how recently you look, many of the same threats still exist for browser passwords. Malware files can decrypt your passwords, or wait for you to do it. They aren’t now, but if the device you’re using is compromised it doesn’t matter. The problem then was that passwords were stored in plain text. Naturally, security-minded folks gravitated towards saving passwords in browsers, because what else were they going to do? The browser password warsĮven just 8 years ago, it was still a hotly contested debate. People ended up saving logins in all sorts of odd places: Text files, email accounts…you name it. Password managers weren’t exactly flying off the shelves back in 2007, your only real options were home grown. Malware, for example, would specifically target password storage in browsers and plunder everything in sight. A common sentiment, shared by many people down the years, is that storing passwords in browsers is a bad idea.
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