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chromium-browser package

  1. Bug #1996267
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 1996267

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Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio) wrote : Re: [Bug 1996267] [NEW] Insecure passwort storage in Chromium (Snap)

Hello Erlenmayr, thanks for your report.

 > In the Snap package of Chromium, Chromium is not protecting passwords
 > with gnome-keyring (or KWallet).

You can connect the corresponding interface for that:

   snap connect chromium:password-manager-service

 > As a result, copying the Chromium profile directory from the snap
 > directory gives access to all stored passwords.

Please note those passwords are not stored in the clear, though they can
be discovered by going into Chromium's Settings > Passwords.