Google Chrome's autofill feature is popular for logging in to user accounts and filling forms. Autofill saves your username and password and lets you sign in
Chrome has an easy-to-use password manager tool. But, it isn’t always reliable when it comes to data safety. Anyone who has access to your admin password on
Google Chrome is one of the favorite browsers among internet surfers. The browser’s password-saving feature is the handiest among the numerous services it
Good security practice is to have a unique, difficult to guess password for every login you use. That’s fine in theory but there is no way we can remember all of the logins we use on a daily basis.
Stop Saving Passwords To Your Browser
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We get it, passwords are a pain in the arse. With so many to remember its easier to simply save them to your browser. You might even know that you probably shouldn’t, but do it anyway. Here’s why you need to cut out immediately.
If you’re saving your passwords to your browser it might be with the best intentions. Maybe you’re not using the same password (or a variation of) for everything. You might even be using lots of hard-to-remember passwords across the web to make it harder for someone to hack all your accounts.