Google Inc Handles a Security Hole in the Worst Way

[Suradit69]

You would think that at a time when our personal information seems more vulnerable and readily accessible than ever before, those in charge of securing our software would be reassuring and tactful. At the very least, you'd think they would try to make users aware that their passwords and personal accounts are of the utmost priority and that developers tasked with protecting that information are doing everything in their power to keep it from being exposed.

But upon being notified of a glaring security hole in Google Chrome wherein saved passwords are accessible by anyone and can be read in plain text, Google security engineer Justin Schuh was anything but reassuring or tactful.

It all began when software designer Elliott Kember stumbled upon a settings panel in Google Chrome

That means that anyone who has access to your machine can easily open up Chrome, fire up that panel, and have access to every single online account with a saved password.

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[topt]

Interesting and glad I do not have a Google account.

By the way can you explain how to embed the link in words (or a word) as you have done above - sorry for going off topic

[Totster]

Interesting and glad I do not have a Google account.

By the way can you explain how to embed the link in words (or a word) as you have done above - sorry for going off topic

Makes no difference if you have a google account or not....

totster

[topt]

Interesting and glad I do not have a Google account.

By the way can you explain how to embed the link in words (or a word) as you have done above - sorry for going off topic

Makes no difference if you have a google account or not....

totster

True - I only use Chrome as a back up and have no bookmarks even - and certainly do not let it save passwords.