You can easy test it, go to your browser settings, to passwords and click on “See password”. Doing this in Windows, it opens a Pop-up where you must put the system password before you can see the passwords stored. In last Linux I used (Kubuntu), I could see the passwords directly.
Well, it was some time ago, maybe this has changed in last distros.
Same in all other browsers, in Windows it’s encrypted anyway in a second keyring, but the lack is, that, when they create a random password, you can’t recover it in case of lost or the HD/PC goes to Valhalla. Same with all other password Manager (I know)
Better and more secure to trust in a simple papernote or in your memory.
You can easy test it, go to your browser settings, to passwords and click on “See password”. Doing this in Windows, it opens a Pop-up where you must put the system password before you can see the passwords stored. In last Linux I used (Kubuntu), I could see the passwords directly. Well, it was some time ago, maybe this has changed in last distros.
If you use Firefox, password manager stores its data encrypted (not in plain text). You can also turn on the master password requirement if you like.
Same in all other browsers, in Windows it’s encrypted anyway in a second keyring, but the lack is, that, when they create a random password, you can’t recover it in case of lost or the HD/PC goes to Valhalla. Same with all other password Manager (I know) Better and more secure to trust in a simple papernote or in your memory.