This is actually a security bug for users of Chrome / Chromium. Chrome will store passwords in cleartext if gnome-keyring isn't functional. This is mentioned in the upstream Chrome disk encryption bug https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=25404
$ cp ~/.config/chromium/Default/Login\ Data x.db
$ sqlite3 x.db
sqlite> SELECT username_value, password_value FROM logins;
billg|passw0rd
sqlite>
This is actually a security bug for users of Chrome / Chromium. Chrome will store passwords in cleartext if gnome-keyring isn't functional. This is mentioned in the upstream Chrome disk encryption bug /code.google. com/p/chromium/ issues/ detail? id=25404
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$ cp ~/.config/ chromium/ Default/ Login\ Data x.db
$ sqlite3 x.db
sqlite> SELECT username_value, password_value FROM logins;
billg|passw0rd
sqlite>