Yes, browser password storage is really poorly secured. For what it's worth, a Chrome staffer explained on this very site[0] their reasoning, but that doesn't

Yes, browser password storage is really poorly secured. For what it's worth, a Chrome staffer explained on this very site[0] their reasoning, but that doesn't really sit too well with me - in my opinion, browsers should either go all way the way and integrate a full KeePass/1Password style password storage or remove the feature altogether. Firefox appears to be a bit better by letting you set a master password that's used to encrypt passwords[1], although without digging into the behavior I can't say exactly how much that helps. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6166731 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6166731 [1]: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Master_password http://kb.mozillazine.org/Master_password