Threat Level: Orange

Using your web browser's built-in Password Manager can be a real life saver when it comes to remembering all your passwords but how secure is this feature?

Not very, according to the testing done by Chapin Information Services, Inc. The password managers of both Google Chrome and Safari scored the lowest while Opera and Firefox tied for the highest. Scoring the highest shouldn't really instill much confidence though, out of the 21 tests performed both Opera and Firefox only succeeded in passing 7. Google Chrome and Safari passed only 2, and Internet Explorer passed 5. Read the entire article for a better understanding of the Web Browser Password Manager tests performed.

With the top two browser's Password Managers leaving seventeen vulnerabilities open to the safekeeping of our passwords, that is reason enough to re-think their usage.