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Google Chrome loses stored passwords after an upgrade.
The situation is different from the one described here.
A few days back, at one point, no remembered passwords were being offered during a login. I found that no passwords are stored in Settings -> Manage passwords either. However, Google Dashboard was showing that it has n passwords stored.
As advised in Google product forum (can not find the exact link now), I purged Google Chrome from my computer and deleted the config files, and installed Google Chrome again, and stored passwords could be used.
This morning, after a regular upgrade (where an upgrade of Google Chrome occurred), the Settings -> Manage passwords is empty, but the count is nonzero in Google Dashboard.
I am using Ubuntu 15.04.
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Can you see them at https://passwords.google.com/?
– user1686 – 2015-06-12T06:44:33.270@grawity Yes, I can see. All of them. Did not know that such a site exists. – Masroor – 2015-06-12T13:23:46.167
Are you using Chrome for iOS, and do you have sync enabled? In any case, I advise using another password manager than Chrome, for example LastPass.
– harrymc – 2015-06-15T18:16:15.687@harrymc I am using Chrome in Ubuntu as indicated in the last paragraph of my question. And of course Sync has been enabled. – Masroor – 2015-06-15T23:16:29.260
I meant are you syncing with an iPhone or similar? – harrymc – 2015-06-16T05:30:02.623
@harrymc Sorry, I misunderstood. Not at all. I have four active devices, all of them run Ubuntu. – Masroor – 2015-06-16T06:08:07.653
@harrymc And while we are on the issue. I have read the third party reviews on LastPass. Looks like more or less an acceptable alternative. You already recommended it, but I am asking again, do you recommend it considering safety/security issues? – Masroor – 2015-06-16T06:44:31.160
Yes, I use it myself for all my devices. The encrypting is done on your side using your master password for protection. Their site was hacked lately, but the most that the hackers managed to get were the password hints, since the encrypted passwords were useless to them. It works. – harrymc – 2015-06-16T08:13:35.340