Google Working On Password Generator For Chrome

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 18, 2012 @04:31PM from the 123456-letmein-hunter2 dept.

Trailrunner7 writes "Google is in the process of developing a tool to help users generate strong passwords for the various and sundry Web sites for which they need to register and authenticate. The password-generator is meant to serve as an interim solution for users while Google and other companies continue to work on widespread deployment of the OpenID standard. The tool Google engineers are working on is a fairly simple one. For people who are using the Chrome browser, whenever a site presents them with a field that requires creating a password, Chrome will display a small key icon, letting the users know that they could allow Chrome to generate a password for them."

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Re:What could go wrong? by WrongSizeGlass · 2012-02-19 00:19 · Score: 4, Interesting

Just an extension? Not core functionality? Meh.

released a “Do Not Track” extension for Chrome called Keep My Opt-Outs that blocks advertisements that are based on browser history.
So it blocks the advertisers people have 'opted-out' from? What about all the sneaky bastards that users a)don't know about or b)don't provide an opt-out option?

Google isn't necessarily Evil, but it has proven itself untrustworthy. They are the ones who benefit most from tracking, so I'm going to vote with my browser and email provider choices. I'm not bashing Google, but these days their actions have overshadowed their motto of Do No Evil.