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Google Chrome and master passwords

Google Chrome and master passwords

Posted May 22, 2010 5:15 UTC (Sat) by thedevil (subscriber, #32913)
In reply to: Google Chrome and master passwords by intgr
Parent article: Google Chrome and master passwords

Wouldn't installing a keylogger require root access?

The point about memory dump is true. But I don't see *any* way to avoid that risk, even if I typed all the passwords manually.


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Google Chrome and master passwords

Posted May 31, 2010 11:56 UTC (Mon) by robbe (guest, #16131) [Link]

> Wouldn't installing a keylogger require root access?
Not if you only care about the keys typed by this user.

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