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Re: Google uploading your plain text passwords


From: Josh Luthman <josh () imaginenetworksllc com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 12:06:21 -0400

That's wrong, you CAN turn it off.  I believe it's encrypted between Google
and your Chrome browser, it says so but I haven't confirmed this myself.

Chrome Settings, Password, disable "Offer to save passwords"

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On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 12:03 PM William Herrin <bill () herrin us> wrote:

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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