Why You Should Never Save #passwords on #chrome or Firefox
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Extracting Your Passwords in Cleartext with 12 Lines of CodeIn this article I will demonstrate how easy it is for hackers to extract every username and password saved on your Chrome profile. One would think that Chrome would have safety measures to encrypt your password, but apparently that is not the case — sorta. My Chrome profile, like many others, is set up so that there is another encryption password that I have to enter in order to sync all my passwords, bookmarks, settings, browser history, and etc. so it was pretty shocking to me how easy it was for me to extract and decrypt my passwords. Twelve lines of code easy.Demonstration and Proof of ConceptBefore we get started, I should mention that I have not tested this on macOS or any Linux distributions. To replicate this demonstration, (...)