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i don't get it. how is Chrome's handling different from Thunderbird's or Firefox's? they too have the exact same functionalities accessible to anyone sitting at the computer without extra security measures: Options > Security > Saved Passwords > Show Passwords

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If you have a master password set, Firefox makes you type it in before it will show you the passwords. Chrome doesn't do that.

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if... but the article mainly complained about not being obvious for "normal" people that their password can be read. i have my doubts that it would be more obvious for those people that they can (should) set a master password in firefox.