Password synchronization offered by browsers such as Google Chrome It is one of the most useful tools available to users. Very practical, because when you log in to your account you no longer have to remember a password Google stores them all in the cloud.

However, this also poses a security problem for users. Even though the cloud is hardened and encrypted, it is not difficult to access stored passwords.

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So there are ways to further protect your credentials by adjusting which passwords are stored, which require two-factor authentication, and which are never stored.

You can do it via Google Password Managerthe plugin that serves you on any device and that you access with your Gmail account, the one you use for your daily browsing.

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Can Enable or disable the option to automatically log in to a site. Activating it will only log you directly into your accounts, which is more practical but very insecure. If you disable this option, Google will ask you whether you want to sign in or not.

It also offers you andEncrypt passwords for the websites or applications you choose. They may contain messages that contain more sensitive information.

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Moreover, it allows you See which passwords are at risk of being cracked. In those cases, you should change the password to make it more secure.

To ‘clean up’ all your login details, there is a section Saved passwords in which every website and application appears with a password stored by Google.

For example, if you want a social network to stop saving your password, you can remove it from the list and configure it so that it is never saved again.

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Please note that if you want to avoid the risk of a hacker or spy gaining access to your password list, you should password protect your devices which is different from the one you use to sign in to Google.

To increase security, you should also not leave the browser session open. (JO)