Google Chrome is a freeware web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit Layout Engine. According to StartCounter, Google Chrome had 34% world wide usages share of web browsers making it the most widely used web browser. Any way, our topic is find the password location in Google Chrome. When you Login a Website first time browser offer to save the password. If you save it the next time browser remember the password and Autofill do the rest task.
Then main question arises where it stored the password. Let's find out. Chrome Passwords are stored in a SQLite file. The sites name and sites username is in the clear text but the password is seeded in a Triple DES Algorithm. The file is called Web Data and stored in the following location. If you using XP then go to C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
Vista or Windows 7 users - C\Users\Username\Appdata\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
How can you know the file is in SQLite?
To know more about the DES Algorithm visit this link.
To know more about the SQLite visit this link.
Then main question arises where it stored the password. Let's find out. Chrome Passwords are stored in a SQLite file. The sites name and sites username is in the clear text but the password is seeded in a Triple DES Algorithm. The file is called Web Data and stored in the following location. If you using XP then go to C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
Vista or Windows 7 users - C\Users\Username\Appdata\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
How can you know the file is in SQLite?
- Just go to the above path of related users.
- Select a file and open the notepad.
- Drag and drop the selected file to the notepad.
- See in the first line.
- Find out the README file there and read it.
To know more about the DES Algorithm visit this link.
To know more about the SQLite visit this link.
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