How can we prevent view saved passwords in browser by others

Most users tend to save passwords for accounts frequently used in browsers from accessing the accounts. While this helps users to save time (and in some cases their perolele recover forgotten), In some cases can be a disadvantage, allowing other people (who know where to look) to obtain saved passwords in browser.

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To View account passwords saved in ChromeUsers must open the page Settings browser, and then to click on the section Passportwords (Or type in the address bar Chrome: //settings/ passwords). Then you can select each field of an account and to click on the button Show.

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In Firefox, to view saved passwordsUsers must open the window OptionsThen the tab Security, To click on the button Saved Passwords and on Show Passwords.

Although Internet Explorer provides no way buit-in to view saved passwords, users can use third-party applications such as IE PassView, With which you can display all saved passwords in browser. Also saved passwords in browser can be displayed without using other applications visiting certain sites and using bookmarklets gene Reveal Passwords.

To restrict viewing paroleleor saved in browsers by others, users have the option to use a master passwordWithout which you can not access other saved passwords (feature available in Firefox).

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If you use other browsers who do not have this feature (Chrome, Internet Explorer), You can use devoted to password managers, Such as LastPass.

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In addition, the saved passwords to increase security in your account Windows and on browsers used by you, make sure first that you have a strong password Your Account user Windows si blocked account whenever you are not in front computer. In addition, when you allow others access to your computer, watch their actions closely.

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