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Chrome's effort at efficiency may leave users vulnerable Oct 20th 2013, 15:45, by Antone Gonsalves, CSO Google Chrome users should take extra precautions when using the browser to type personal data, such as credit card numbers, into website forms, experts say. Additional steps are necessary because Chrome will store the data in plain text in its web history log on the hard drive. The browser retrieves the information as needed to avoid having the user retype the same data into other forms. Researchers at Identity Finder created proof-of-concept malware that could take the data and send it to a third party. The security vendor claims Google could make the process more difficult for hackers by having the browser encrypt the data before it is stored. Chrome lets the operating system encrypt the data, if that's how the user has the OS configured. With Windows, Microsoft offers full disk encryption through its BitLocker feature. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: chrome-browser-100019255-small.jpg

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