Chrome joins the mentally retarded

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Just a heads up - latest version of chrome detects if you
have recovered the appdata/local/google folder off another
machine.. you know when hard disks crash and anyone with
half an iq point recovers the folder to a new pc so nobody
loses any of their saved logins and such, since the mentally
retarded world at large seems to think your browser is a
form of ID, and if you lose the saved logins you immediately
become a non-person.  Because of course every website on the
planet seem to expect you create a new password to use them,
and no living human can memorise thousands of passwords.

However, the current chrome version now stupidly immediately
"deletes" everything but your bookmarks if you do this, so
unless you use "export passwords" off the old machine (which
if it crashed is very unlikely) the only way not to lose
them is to install a much older chrome first, then update to
current.

The chrome dev team who has been inappropriately touching
the mozilla firefox code since they got annoyed quantum was
faster than google, and promptly began sabotaging it did the
same thing to the chromium code in firefox too, so same
issue, you need to install around verion 50 to migrate old
settings on that too.

Odd that they only added that annoyance to google in the
last version or so tho, given how long ago they did it to
firefox.

In any case, i now need to re-recover the old chrome data on
a broken hd and uninstall chrome to an older version because
chrome programmers are morons.


Thanks for that google, you really went all in after
removing that don't be evil sign a few years back didn't you.

PS:
Not really a surprise, fun fact, the company that provided
incubator funds to the original google start up as it turned
out was a shell front company controlled by the CIA.

Conspiracies are wild eyed speculation until they aren't it
seems.  Google literally IS evil. *shrug*

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[Mike]

What year are you living in where

1) you think using the inbuilt password storage function of a browser is a good idea 

And 

B) you think calling anything mentally retarded is still OK? 

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[Insane Miner]

Most people store chrome passwords in the chrome password storage function. So it is a legit concern. And don’t be so sensitive, you can’t take insults online too seriously, because we know no one would say anything mean in real life.

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[Sid E]

The year is 2023, retard.

Don't make it 1984.

[Sid E]

So on a more serious note...

Mr Wox does this include plugins for Chrome or just the default Chrome install?

Or anyone else who wants to share their knowledge of this.

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To be honest I didn't check,  i was more concerned with a client being able to continue trading with the hundred odd passwords they had saved to access all their online services and such necessary for accounting suppliers and such.  But given that copying the entire folder will also copy the extensions folder the chances are good they will copy too, but they might lose any custom settings.   

Also, i trust in built password managers more than 3rd parties, they can be protected with a password, encoded and such, and being in a public browser means if anything shady happens they will /immediately/ be called out on it.  It also means as in the case of a crashed computer, you can recover your logins and bookmarks.

Unlike norton/vet/3rd party password managers that often charge you money for a subscription as part of a larger "security software"  suite and hold your saved passwords for ransom until you renew.  

Or other 3rd party password managers that all suffer from the same two issues:

1: So far everyone I know of has eventually had their servers hacked if it stores them online - even if they have not they are high value targets and people keep  trying until they do.

2: If your computer crashes and you cannot recall the manager you used, or it was an older version or the file if recovered requires a password you cannot recall, you lose all your passwords.

As for my derogatory phrase.   Can you think of a better expletive to describe why some foolish person would think making a change that effectively WHEN their device fails (and they all eventually do) cuts someone off from their entire online existence on purpose is in any way ever a good idea?   

Also this mailing list pre-dates political correct absurdity.  Welcome to the grumpy old "people" club :P