Google Takes a Hit over 'Insane' Chrome Password Policy | Internet News

Google Takes a Hit over ‘Insane’ Chrome Password Policy

Aug 9, 2013
1 minute read

For almost as long as there have been Web browsers, there have been Web browser mechanisms to help users store passwords for the sites they visit. The benefit of the password managers is ease of use for users, but inevitably in my experience, at one point or another, those browser-based password management systems fail in some way.

Read the full story at eWeek:
Is Google’s Chrome Browser’s Password Security Strategy ‘Insane’?

Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist.

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