The number of online accounts for everyone is increasing virtually by leaps and bounds as our lives increasingly move online. That means so many more passwords to track and remember. It becomes a difficult task to remember each and every password for all the accounts from your Gmail, social media to bank account logins. And what usually happens is that you end up saving your passwords online on web browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge. Undoubtedly, it is one of the coolest ways to make your work done quickly as it saves you the hassle of having to login and type in passwords repeatedly. But, it is not a good idea. In fact, it is actually a bad idea. So, is it safe to save your passwords on phone, laptop browsers? Surely, there must be a number of doubts by now in your mind.
But actually, the answer to all of them is just one - ‘It keeps the security in one place. In simpler terms, keeping your passwords save online means the security of all the accounts are linked together at one place which is your 'web browser'. And, if you choose the sync option then that means all those logins will be available on all of your devices - phones, laptops, desktops, Tabs etc. This means they're stored in the cloud, and even though they are encrypted, if someone hacks into your account, they'll have access to not just one or two, but all of your passwords.
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