Built-in securityĮvery major browser offers some form of encryption that securely stores the saved passwords on your computer, but we don’t really know exactly how 'hackable' their security may be. Saving passwords on benign sites that contain very little personal information is also less of an issue than saving passwords for any of your financial institutions.

Saving passwords on your home computer that only you use is far safer than saving passwords on a mobile laptop that your family shares. How and where you use your computer should also be a consideration as a laptop, smartphone or tablet is much more likely to be lost or stolen then a desktop computer in your home or office. If you never save a password in your browser, technically speaking it’s certainly safer, but what you really need to do is weigh the actual risks against the convenience. Having your passwords stored in your browser is certainly a big convenience, but no matter how you look at it, the price you’ll pay is some level of security. Question: Is it safe to have my browser save passwords?Īnswer: This question illustrates the ongoing challenge we all have to face when it comes to balancing convenience with security.

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