Five new security-improving functions have been added to Google Chrome’s password manager, thanks to which users can manage their passwords more easily and more securely.
A Chrome password manager is an integrated part of Google Services that can manage and autofill credentials for Chrome and other Google software products, and sync logins across all apps used by the same Google account, he writes. sleeping computer.
Although storing account authentication data in a web browser makes you more vulnerable to phishing software, users who follow new security practices can use a password manager with minimal risk.
One of the new features is that the password manager gets a shortcut on the desktop, with which we can access all our saved credentials faster, or change autofill settings, among other things. So far, we can do all this only in a more sophisticated way, through the settings.
It is also new that biometric authentication, which until now was only available on mobile platforms, will now also be available on a desktop computer.
Another new function is adding individual notes to our account, where we can jot down and save information needed to log in, such as password reminders.
We could also import our passwords from other password managers – Edge, Safari, 1Password, Bitwarden, Dashlane, LastPass – in the form of a CVS file. Finally, the Password Checker tool will also now also in the Chrome mobile app indicate if a weak password has been entered.
Earlier, Index also reported that Hungarian developers have created a Google Chrome extension called Lazy Felix, thanks to which you will never have to download images again to send them to others.
