Today we're going to be discussing passwords, specifically the ones located within Google Chrome. We're going to discuss how these passwords that stored can be helpful, and also a great threat to your privacy. Let's go ahead and start. I'm going to open Google Chrome. And as you can see, the page that we're going to start off with is towards arrest Comm. So I'm going to hit and click Sign In.

And for returning customers, I'm going to place my email and password. And I'm going to click Sign In. Now, as you can see, Google Google Chrome as your very specific question. states. Do you want Google Chrome to save your password for this site? Now, usually, I click never.

But we're going to go ahead and click Save. But where exactly did Google Chrome save your information? Let's take a look at the top of your page right next to the bookmark icon, you'll see three dots. Go ahead and select that option. Then scroll down to settings. And once the settings windows appear in Google Chrome, you want to scroll down till you see something that resembles passwords or login.

So I'm going to hit advanced, scroll down a little more. And you can see under passwords and forums, we see manage passwords. Want to click this section and as we can see The website, the username, and password are all stored in Google Chrome. Now, although this may be helpful for a faster login, we see that this poses a great security risks as well. Maybe this is fine, because this is my computer. But what if this is a shared computer at home?

What if this is a public computer in a library? then not only would your username and password be stored, but you'll see tons of usernames and passwords specifically not just for Toys R Us but maybe Bank of America or your the way you pay your rent online. All of your credentials can be stored here for anyone to access. Well, I'm sure some of you may be saying, Well, obviously Google Chrome isn't showing my password here. So what's the big deal? What's the threat?

Well, let's go ahead and click the three dots on side of password. Click details. Now you'll see passwords still in the dotted formation with the little icon, show password. I'm going to click that option. And I'm going to type my administrator credentials. And as you can see, my password for tours arrest comm is in plain text.

Like I said, Of course no one cares about this by the time you guys see this video, this password is already going to be changed but like I stated before, if this is your banking information, your Yahoo account your Gmail account, things like that anyone would be with to access this particularly if they have administrator password, or if they're logged in as an administrator, they probably won't get the prompt like I did for the password to see this, it'll be just in plain text. Now what I recommend is removing this information. So I'm going to click Finish. I want to click three dots again, and hit remove. And as you can see, now the passwords are no longer store. This is some very basic maintenance that needs to be kind of carried out at least once a month.

You don't want your passwords to just be stored wherever you go. You want to make sure no one will have access to them on any web browser. I hope you guys enjoy this course. I will see you again in the next one.