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minus-squaresfgifz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-210 months ago People don’t store credentials in browsers Yes they do - every browser asks users if they want to remember the password they just entered. Many people say yes, I do too for most cases - it is very convinient.
minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·10 months agoDid you know that you can see those passwords in plain text in the browser settings? Use a password manager
minus-squareprole@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoI believe you can set up a general password that you have to enter before you can see your other passwords in plain text. Unless I’m mistaken. Either way, it’s not the default
minus-squaretotallynotarobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·edit-210 months agoTrust issues aside, do you use the same browser for every task on every device? What do you use to generate your passwords? Genuinely asking, this is wild to me. This would be like allowing location or desktop notifs from a website.
minus-squaremartinb@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoThe browser will auto generate passwords for you. Along with cross device browser sync, you pretty much never see them
Yes they do - every browser asks users if they want to remember the password they just entered. Many people say yes, I do too for most cases - it is very convinient.
Did you know that you can see those passwords in plain text in the browser settings?
Use a password manager
I believe you can set up a general password that you have to enter before you can see your other passwords in plain text. Unless I’m mistaken.
Either way, it’s not the default
Trust issues aside, do you use the same browser for every task on every device? What do you use to generate your passwords?
Genuinely asking, this is wild to me. This would be like allowing location or desktop notifs from a website.
The browser will auto generate passwords for you. Along with cross device browser sync, you pretty much never see them