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Passwords stored by the browser can't be encrypted. Unlike with, say, LastPass, the browser doesn't have any "master password" to encrypt data with. Moreover, t
by jasonhansel 10y ago
Passwords stored by the browser can't be encrypted. Unlike with, say, LastPass, the browser doesn't have any "master password" to encrypt data with. Moreover, the passwords can't be stored as hashes (like in /etc/passwd), since websites require users to provide passwords in plain text.
Granted, if you use full-disk encryption, this concern is much less serious.
- jlgaddis 10y ago> ... the browser doesn't have any "master password" ... Firefox does. Chrome doesn't. I can't speak to Safari or Internet Explorer.
- icodestuff 10y agoSafari stores your passwords in your login and/or iCloud keychains. So they are encrypted on disk, but the master key is kept in memory unless you change the setting to disallow that. (/Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access.app, right-click on login keychain, choose Change Settings for Keychain "login"; I don't know how to change this setting for the iCloud keychain)