Google really does know all...
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The same thing applies to your browsing history, learned that the hard way (home browsing history showing up on work pc, looked like I had been in the office at 2AM looking up...stuff)
Ouch... I think I'll be double-checking my Google settings today... :omg:
It's an OO world.
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So I just re-installed my PC. Completely. I formatted all disk drives and created a clean partition. So when all is good and done I download Chrome, login to my Google account and check out CodeProject. I login and, what do you know, Google remembered my password... I always thought passwords were stored on the local computer (you know, security and safety and such). To make passwords roaming wouldn't they need to be stored on a server somewhere, unencrypted? Apparently Google just knows all my passwords. Even after a clean install. I can check them out right there in my settings. All of them. So if I can just request all my passwords from anywhere wouldn't everyone be able to request my passwords from anywhere... Given they have my credentials?
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
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So I just re-installed my PC. Completely. I formatted all disk drives and created a clean partition. So when all is good and done I download Chrome, login to my Google account and check out CodeProject. I login and, what do you know, Google remembered my password... I always thought passwords were stored on the local computer (you know, security and safety and such). To make passwords roaming wouldn't they need to be stored on a server somewhere, unencrypted? Apparently Google just knows all my passwords. Even after a clean install. I can check them out right there in my settings. All of them. So if I can just request all my passwords from anywhere wouldn't everyone be able to request my passwords from anywhere... Given they have my credentials?
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
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Given they have my credentials?
So nobody gonna comment on this? All Google's fault! Right. Just thought I'd check. :doh:
There's a huge difference between someone having 'just' my Google credentials (maybe Google gets hacked, I become the victim of a key logger, or someone gets lucky using brute force attacks, etc.) and someone having access to ALL my credentials by having 'just' my Google credentials.
It's an OO world.
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All your info such as bookmarks, passwords and etc. is saved in your account. When you log in with chrome (either gMail or just in the browser) it automatically download all stuff and sync it.
The question is will they stop saving my passwords on their servers if I choose not to sync them?
It's an OO world.
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Chrome initial setup does an auto-sync with your Gmail account. This should have done the trick for you behind the scenes.
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Yeah, will Google stop storing my passwords on their servers if I turn syncing off though?
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
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public void DoWork()
{
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The question is will they stop saving my passwords on their servers if I choose not to sync them?
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}I think that was not an option. If you use Chrome and save password with it, it will be automatically saved(sync) on the Google server. That's why if you are saving passwords, better use another browser. Although there is an option to "stop and clear" in the google dashboard - https://www.google.com/settings/chrome/sync[^]
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So I just re-installed my PC. Completely. I formatted all disk drives and created a clean partition. So when all is good and done I download Chrome, login to my Google account and check out CodeProject. I login and, what do you know, Google remembered my password... I always thought passwords were stored on the local computer (you know, security and safety and such). To make passwords roaming wouldn't they need to be stored on a server somewhere, unencrypted? Apparently Google just knows all my passwords. Even after a clean install. I can check them out right there in my settings. All of them. So if I can just request all my passwords from anywhere wouldn't everyone be able to request my passwords from anywhere... Given they have my credentials?
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
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You can tweak what chrome syncs in the advanced sync settings; chrome://settings/syncSetup
Yeah, I already did that. Thanks for the tip though :)
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
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Yeah, will Google stop storing my passwords on their servers if I turn syncing off though?
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}Check this out https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/165139?hl=en[^]
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage You can not step into the same river twice.
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The same thing applies to your browsing history, learned that the hard way (home browsing history showing up on work pc, looked like I had been in the office at 2AM looking up...stuff)
Yeah. And I have no idea what I did, but my browsing history prior to Sep 27 of last year cannot be deleted. I have no idea what machine I used to browse those, but I've un-synced everything I have and the hostiry is still there.
We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.
