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Saving passwords on modern browsers is dangerous.

 

Never let someone borrow or use your computer as saving and synchronizing user names and passwords for favorite websites may run a user into trouble.

If someone else gets access to desktop or laptop there is every apprehension   that they might impersonate you through any app where the owner of the system already signed in. It is very easy to prank e-mails through default email client or logged-in Twitter account.

Google Chrome has the facility to save and sync passwords for easy logins  of the favorite websites. But it can prove dangerous.

A stalker who has free access to your computer for even a moment can behold and copy all of saved passwords

An intruder has simply to visit settings page:  chrome: //settings/passwords and the link opens the local copy of saved password cache, which is available on  every system where one signs in with Google account. The odd thing is that just by clicking a button one can view the plain text version of every saved password .One can see the web address, username, and password for each saved set of IDs. Primarily, the saved password is shown as a row of asterisks and by clicking the masked password the “Show” button will directly present the saved password.

This problem is not only with Chrome but Firefox users are equally vulnerable. The same easy access is existing on Apple-branded devices. But Internet Explorer needs an additional authentication step before one can view plaintext passwords.

 

 

kusum ambardar: I am a mother of 7 years cute boy working as Director with a state government in INDIA. I have done Masters Degree in Computer Sciences,Political Science and MBA. I love to travel,explore, express and write.
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