Google Chrome could soon let you securely share passwords with family members

Date:
Wed, 30 Aug 2023 11:40:08 +0000

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We now know a good deal more about how Chromes password sharing feature will work.

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Weve been treated to another Chrome leak which shows exactly how a previously leaked feature the option to share your passwords with other Chrome users will work.

This again comes from a font of much browser-related knowledge on X (formerly Twitter), Leopeva64.

Previously, Leopeva64 discovered the ability to share passwords on Chromes password management page (in testing, back at the end of June), and now
theyve found out how this works. If you don't have a family group, the dialog will inform you that (for now) it is only possible to share passwords with members of those groups, and there will be a link to the website where you
can create the family group. August 30, 2023 See more

Youll be able to click and share passwords the ones you have stored within Chrome but only with those who are a member of a Google family group apparently.

If you havent set up a family group, trying to use this feature will prompt you to do so.

So, your next question is likely whats a family group?

Well, the name pretty much gives it away: its a small group of up to six of your family members with which you can easily share things from the Google ecosystem. (With those shareable elements consisting of passwords, as noted plus the family group also facilitates functionality such as setting ground rules for what your kids can do online). Analysis: Still some way to go

This is a pretty nifty feature, in theory, although note its one still very much in development for Googles Chrome browser . As shown in the tweet above, while the groundwork is all in place for the sharing passwords ability, it still doesnt work a something went wrong error pops up when attempting to
use it.

When its finally working, and rolled out to the finished version of the
Chrome browser, itll be a useful tool when you want to give another family member access to one of your online accounts for whatever reason. Itll make this a seamless and more secure process well, certainly more secure than, say, jotting down your login details on a post-it note for that person.

Google is always busy adding new features to Chrome, of course, but weve seen a flurry of activity for the browser in recent times. That includes the addition of further safety measures around Chrome extensions , and a revamp
on mobile to supercharge your searching powers , not to mention the possibility of in-line previews for links in web pages which could revolutionize browsing.

All of this is part of the push to keep Chrome as the top jack-of-all-trades offering as its ranked in our roundup of the best web browsers . You might also like Bing AI is coming to Chrome, taking on Google Bard on its own turf Edge vs Chrome: Here's why there's only one winner for productivity These are the best password managers



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