While I have already started liking the Chrome with all that 'soft' look & feel, there is one feature which I think should have been a little different. Am talking about the 'Show Saved Passwords' feature.
If you have not noticed yet, it's under the 'Google Chrome Options -> Minor Tweaks'.
As you would have guessed by now, even if you have not seen this earlier, this option will show all your saved passwords. Clicking on the 'Show saved passwords' button (refer to above image) brings up a window like this one -
This window displays all login URLs along with the username and then you can select one from the list and click on the 'show password' button and the password is displayed below the button, immediately.
This might not sound so bad until you realize that this can be used by anyone who has access to your computer. You may argue that why would you save passwords if you are using a public / shared computer. Agree! But, there are times when you have saved passwords on your personal computer while you don't mind your family / friends accessing the computer (and may be using those passwords as well) as long as they don't get to know the password itself.
So, my two cents on this is - the feature is not so bad, as it helps me in retrieving a password if I have forgotten, but it should have been behind a Login box which is like a master key to retrieve all my other passwords and of course, I would not want to save the master password. ;)
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