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Safari and Chrome: Tied For the Worst Password Manager

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the remember-this dept.

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."

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  1. Password Men by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I find that Korean password men are particularly effective, probably due to Korean school and memorization techniques.

    My password man right now is a 15 year old Korean boy who memorizes a new 25 character user name and password combination for each site I use.