This blog has moved to technott.com

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Saving passwords in browsers can be dangerous


Each time you login to a site entering your password, your browser prompts asking whether to save the password or not. Most of us neglect it and click on save passwords without knowing what it does. If you share your computer with others, saving passwords in such a way can be dangerous as anyone can view your passwords easily. Here is how you can view your saved passwords in different browsers. Anyone can view your facebook, gmail, adsense, blogger or any other password.


View saved passwords in Firefox.
1)Click on TOOLS menu and then OPTIONS.
2)A dialog box appears, click on SECURITY.
3)Then click on SAVED PASSWORDS button.

This way you can view passwords saved by Firefox for all the websites and all usernames.

View Saved passwords in Internet Explorer.

1) Click on start menu and RUN.
2) Type REGEDIT and press enter.
3) Registry editor opens then click on following buttons in order:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER--\Software--\Microsoft--\Internet Explorer--\IntelliForms\--Storage2

View Saved passwords in Google Chrome:
1) Click on SETTINGS on the top right and then OPTIONS.
2) Click on PERSONAL STUFFS tab and then click on SHOW SAVED PASSWORDS button.

In this way anyone can view the saved passwords in browsers like IE, Firefox, Google Chrome and others without installing additional software. So, be careful before saving passwords in any browser if any other person can access your computer.

2 comments:

NKM on November 26, 2009 at 10:49 AM said...

username: yes.

I doubt that everyone could see the saved password.

Hari on May 2, 2012 at 9:20 AM said...

You can see some internet, computer, browser and software tricks here

http://funbutlearn.blogspot.com

Post a Comment

Related Posts with Thumbnails
 

About Webnott

Webnott is a Tech blog providing you with latest updates and tricks and tips about Tech related stuffs. We post articles on softwares, blogging, Facebook, Linux, Mobile phones and so on.

Followers

Follow on Facebook

Webnott on Facebook

Webnott - Web, Software and tech tips Copyright © 2009 Gadget Blog is Designed by Ipietoon Sponsored by Online Business Journal