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What’s your opinion on the password management that chrome offers these days?

• infogulch 7y ago
  Browser password management is simply not enough. For one, they just save the terrible password that the user entered (the same password they use everywhere else, incl. their bank), they don't generate one. And sure it's really easy to use with websites, but what about apps? What about computer logins? What if the website changed their login domain? What if they changed to a 2-step form and it doesn't autofill anymore? What if you tried to change your password and the browser updated but the website didn't? (Hint: you need history.) Browser password managers are terrible as soon as you inch a tiny bit off of the "happy path" and need anything above "autofill the same password I used last time".
  • pvg 7y ago
    Both Chrome and Safari generate passwords for you. In Safari's case, it also uses the OS/platform-provided secret storage and sync facilities, works in mobile apps, etc. I don't think you're accurately describing the current state of in-browser password management at all.