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In my recent post, “Delete Now<\/a><\/em><\/strong>!<\/em>,” I explained through verbiage and a video the importance of NOT saving passwords in your browsers. I based my narrative on my own experiences; those opinions of well-known hackers and cybersecurity analysists; and the NZ Bankers Association which said in a post: “A common mistake that users make is saving their user-id\/password in their browsers to make it easier to log in to banking sites.” I stand by my conclusion: saving passwords in any browser is a bad idea.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since my post, both Microsoft and Google have announced that the newest editions of their browsers will have a feature (in Google Chrome’s case, an expanded feature) that will check your saved passwords against a database of known, compromised passwords. The browser will then urge you to change any flawed passwords it finds. In theory and on paper, this is a good idea. Unfortunately, it’s predicated on you saving your passwords in their browsers. Don’t do it!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I repeat (and add to) what I said in my previous post:<\/p>\n\n\n\n