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Google uploading your plain text passwords


From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 09:02:02 -0700

Howdy,

My gmail account prompted me today to change a compromised password.
It wasn't compromised; it was an offline system where I intentionally
used a generic password. But in the process...

It turns out that every password I allowed Chrome on Android to
remember, it uploaded to Google. In plain text!! And it could prove it
by displaying the plain text passwords for me on my laptop. And I
can't turn the upload off!

To the google folks on here: Are you INSANE!?

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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William Herrin
bill () herrin us
https://bill.herrin.us/


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