Creativity, black hat style. Thanks for the tip.

I hope they come up with some browser fixes soon, maybe along the lines of the browser prompting you before it attempts an autofill.

I've been telling people not to store their logins in browsers from the start. It was just a matter of time. Sorry for those who got burned.

^^^ Why I use an external password manager!

That's too bad. I'm still thinking that password is encrypted right? In chrome in order to check a particular password you need to give your OS credentials, am I right? If that is not enough, as motorhaven said, hopefully they come up with something quickly.

Hasn't Google been doing this already for years? .. I read somewhere a few years ago that refreshing or otherwise clearing cache in Chrome didn't eliminate the fact that Google still knew where you had been and what you were doing even after cache was cleared, and effectively picked up where you had left off.

AFAIK Firefox has been the most vulnerable of the major browsers. The stored usernames and passwords are in 2 interconnected files, accessible from both the user's local machine as well as online.

Chrome keeps them encrypted in cloud storage.

I still wouldn't trust the security of any web browser with this level of sensitive information. Bank & credit card logins... Account logins where other sensitive personal information is on file... nope.

However, some people do this without giving it any thought at all. I even have a friend who's bank cheques display his full name, home address, telephone number, driver licence number and social security number. He sees nothing wrong with that :)

After so many years, I stopped using lastpass for good. Google's own password manager seems to work very well.