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ChromePass Displays Google Chrome's Saved Passwords
Posted by Gina Trapani at 1:05 PM on September 29, 2008
Windows only: Free utility ChromePass displays all the passwords Google Chrome has saved for your web site logins. You can view saved passwords one by one in Chrome itself, but ChromePass displays the list all at once, and lets you export your username and password list to a file (XML, HTML, comma or tab delimited text). ChromePass also displays the name of the username and password field, and the time it was created. It doesn't look like ChromePass can import a file of passwords, so the exported file is just a reference if you want to take your saved passwords to go. ChromePass is a free download for Windows only.
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lacrimaeveneris
Posted 1:44 PM 29/9/08
@jopari: It is!
lacrimaeveneris
jopari
Posted 1:33 PM 29/9/08
@billbennettnz: In Firefox, go Preferences -> Security -> Saved Passwords.
At least that's how you get there on OS X. I assume Windows/Linux is similar.
jopari
malnourish
Posted 1:28 PM 29/9/08
Scary. But good.
malnourish
billbennettnz
Posted 1:26 PM 29/9/08
It's a great idea. Is there something with this functionality for Firefox or IE?
billbennettnz
chustar
Posted 2:11 PM 29/9/08
This is not a good thing!!!
You're promoting this as if it were a good idea, Chrome displaying your passwords in regular old text is a BAD idea!!!
(Still use Chrome, though, just won't save email/bank passwords)
chustar
xmido
Posted 3:09 PM 29/9/08
i use opera, coz its doest ever show u ur passwords.
xmido
Casey
Posted 4:40 PM 29/9/08
In just about every browser with the password-saving functionality, you can retrieve it with a bit of JavaScript and source code snooping. Usually, you can type alert(document.getElementById('PASSWORDFIELD').value).
Honestly, I don't like password saving browsers. They're more annoying than helpful in my opinion. By not saving passwords, I'll remember them more easily in the future.
Casey
JadeEmperor
Posted 5:15 PM 29/9/08
good idea. now, if only someone would tweak the download settings so that it shows the transfer rate at the status bar.
JadeEmperor
rogerh72
Posted 5:07 PM 29/9/08
I've gone over to Keepass to randomly generate and store passwords, based on a Lifehacker recommendation. I'm surprised you passed up the chance to mention it.
Now I only have to worry about one password and backups...
rogerh72
Smok3y
Posted 11:46 PM 29/9/08
@billbennettnz:
Actually yeah, made by the same people (person?) as ChromePass. (NirSoft)
PasswordFox v1.05 [www.nirsoft.net]
IE PassView v1.09 [www.nirsoft.net]
There's also viewers for cache, history, cookies etc. NirSoft makes great little utilities of various uses. I have virtually the entire app collection on my thumbdrive and it only comes out to about 5mb IIRC.
[www.nirsoft.net]
Smok3y
leaderbuilder
Posted 2:54 PM 29/9/08
Wow,
What an awesome tool for crackers to use to grab your passwords!!! By virtue of the export function I can already see a whole bunch of rootkit and spyware writers working feverishly working to exploit this. Is this supposed to be a good idea?? No wonder everything Google produces is still in 'beta' - no liability.
leaderbuilder
SanskritiRagnarok
Posted 3:52 PM 29/9/08
Chrome : Options>Minor Tweaks>Show saved password>Show password Firefox : Tools>Options>Security>Saved passwords>Show passwords
SanskritiRagnarok
TheodoraVitani
Posted 3:29 PM 29/9/08
Although userfull, (and have a huge amount of passwords in Opera that I would like to export) it doesn't look very secure at all - not good!
TheodoraVitani
QuestaCushy
Posted 2:26 PM 29/9/08
People just don't understand. If a program has some special way of reading a file whether by encryption or obfuscation and does this automatically, you will always be able to replicate the process and get at the information using the same method. The method itself is not had to find out so that is not security. Only by encrypting a file with a key outside of the system.. ie a master password (that you enter in each time) can you truly encrypt a file\network. Any password you have saved on your PC can be retrieved whether it be POP3 account info, dial up account info, FTP account info, VPN access, pre-shared keys.. anything unless it has been encrypted with a key outside of the system requiring you to enter this manually each time. You enter a password in each time you log on to you computer dont you?? this is the same idea.
QuestaCushy