Safari and Chrome: Tied For the Worst Password Manager

Startled Hippo writes "Safari and Chrome are tied for the worst password manager built into a major Web browser, according to a new study on the issue produced by Chapin Information Services. One problem is that some password managers can be tricked into submitting different password credentials to different parts of the same Web site. The bug has been fixed in Firefox, but Chrome and Safari are still vulnerable to this kind of attack."

Comments

Never use password managers

[thetoadwarrior]

If you can't remember your password then write it on paper and hide it. Putting it on your computer, especially your Windows PC, is asking for someone take it.

Even if they aren't in clear text the downside to using a password manager is everyone's passwords will be in the same place and in the same format. It's easy pickings.

Re:Never use password managers

[yttrstein]

First place a local black hat looks? Under keyboards. One of the things its fun to do with new clients is to walk around their offices and grab every password-slip you can find. All the usual places -- under keyboards, in the desk drawer next to the pens, on the back of a monitor facing a cube wall.. And this one is my favorite:

In a desk drawer but fastened to the underside of the desk surface. Very clever.

Re:I Use A Mac...

[Jugalator]

Isn't it time Firefox supported the Mac Keychain? :-/