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[Chad Miller <chad.miller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Chad Miller (cmiller)

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Title:
  chromium can't encrypt saved passwords

Status in Chromium Browser:
  Unknown
Status in “chromium-browser” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: chromium-browser

  See:

  http://penguindroppings.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/chromium-saved-passwords/
  http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1397

  Apparently there are hooks to do the encryption, but they haven't been
  implemented on Linux.

  I consider this a security issue, as users have come to expect
  passwords will be encrypted through other browsers such as Firefox. If
  a computer is stolen, the thief can get unlimited access to all
  passwords just by booting up onto a live CD.

  I have confirmed this with chromium-browser 5.0.342.9~r43360-0ubuntu2
  in lucid.

  Brian May

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