How to guarantee the security of the account and password saved in the browser

Do not know if anyone has thought about it, in fact, your saved account and password is not safe, many times can be easily stolen by others, even do not need any sophisticated skills and tools, only the browser itself. Some people may find this sensational, but the following tips will tell you this is true.

This article only in Chrome and Firefox as an example to tell you why it is not safe, other browsers are not here to introduce specific methods (in fact, can be found on the Internet)

Firefox Chapter

Firefox menu "Tools"-"Options", select the "Security" tab, click the Saved Password button.

When you open the Saved Password dialog box, and then click Show Password button, the effect shown in the following illustration appears.

You can see that you have saved all the sites, your account number and password are at a glance. Imagine if someone with ulterior motives can easily steal a lot of our important information through this method, causing great loss.

The loophole has already come out, then how to plug this loophole. In fact it is very simple, set a master password for Firefox, to set the View permissions. Check the "Use master password", set the master password, then the next time you use the previous method to view the password, you need to use the master password.

Chrome article

Chrome is known as the safest browser in many reviews at home and abroad, but there is no absolute security. Viewing your account and password in Chrome is just as easy.

Chrome wrench icon (The latest version becomes the "Hot Dog" icon)-settings-show advanced Settings-passwords and forms-manage saved passwords, or you can enter chrome://chrome/settings/passwords in the address bar to open.

Click "Show" with the mouse button to find the corresponding website and account password. This is the same effect as the one in front of Firefox. But unlike Firefox, Chrome does not have a master password.

"Why doesn't it have a master password (master password)?" The Google Support Forum has an unofficial response that explains Google's stance: The master password provides a false sense of security, and the most feasible way to protect sensitive data depends on the overall security of the system. In fact, Chrome's main password is the Windows system's login password, which means that if someone can access your system, you can easily steal these accounts and passwords. When we use computers in public places, when something needs to be left temporarily, such protection is equivalent to No.

Since checking accounts and passwords is so simple, what should we do in peacetime? We can start from the following points to protect our own security and privacy.

Use a very high strength Windows account password. It must be remembered that there are a number of tools that can decrypt Windows account passwords. If someone gets your Windows account password, then he can also know the password you have saved in Chrome.

Keep yourself away from all kinds of malicious software. If the tool can easily get your saved password, the malware and the fake security software can do the same.

On a private computer, you must not allow your browser to save your password. A privacy browsing model can be used when sensitive data is involved. (Each major browser has this function, but the name is not the same). If you do not want to use the Privacy browsing mode, you can also exit by clearing all browsing history and other temporary data before exiting the browser.

If you often save your logon username and password in a browser, it is best to lock the screen when you leave your computer. In a word, the home (operating system) security work well, the security of the home items should also be protected.