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They've also done something so threatening to users' security that I can't take them seriously on the issue. They've been doing it for years, they refuse to ch
by dhimes 9y ago
They've also done something so threatening to users' security that I can't take them seriously on the issue. They've been doing it for years, they refuse to change, and it makes me conclude that they fundamentally don't understand the problem.
Every update of chrome erases their password manager entries. So for every site their password has to be re-entered.
Why is that dangerous? Because that means that my cousins and nephews other regular folks cannot trust Chrome to keep their passwords, so they must either reuse passwords or write them down somewhere. Obviously, a third-party password manager is simply not an option for these folks- they rely on the browser. The browser can get it right or get it wrong. Chrome gets it wrong.
- emodendroket 9y ago> Every update of chrome erases their password manager entries. That has not been my experience.
- dhimes 9y agoI wonder what the difference is? It's been going on for years. https://superuser.com/questions/926902/google-chrome-loses-does-not-show-stored-password-after-an-upgrade https://superuser.com/questions/926902/google-chrome-loses-d...
- emodendroket 9y agoHave they enabled the Cloud password sync thing?
- dhimes 9y agoThey may have but I don't use it.
- emodendroket 9y agoI use it and my passwords stick around, so perhaps enabling it would help?
- dhimes 9y agoMaybe that's the key, and why they don't care. I tend to stay away from that kind of service though.
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- emodendroket 9y agoI was a little skeptical too but it seems to be encrypted locally before going anywhere, so it seems like it's alright to use. Anyway, if the deletion's compromising security as much as you say it might be an acceptable trade-off.
- dhimes 9y agoFortunately firefox also keeps them, so that's my workaround.
- Santosh83 9y agoWait, Chrome updates erase your stored passwords!!? At least for me they don't. I have 2 passwords stored in Chrome (not a site important enough to go into KeePass), and have been through multiple updates and yet to lose any passwords.
- dhimes 9y agoYeah- it gets rid of them. Linux chrome. It's been doing it for a while apparently. https://superuser.com/questions/926902/google-chrome-loses-does-not-show-stored-password-after-an-upgrade https://superuser.com/questions/926902/google-chrome-loses-d...
- Santosh83 9y agoAh that explains it then. I'm currently on Windows, but used Linux for more than a decade previously and password storage in Chrome was consistently problematic. The coordination with gnome-keyring-daemon always seemed flaky... sadly doesn't look like Chrome are in a hurry to improve this area.
- agnivade 9y agoNot for me. Linux Chrome user for quite some time. Never has my credentials been wiped out in an update.
- dhimes 9y agoNot ever, eh? Interesting.