Is it safe to use autosave passwords in programs, including browsers?

Question

Google Chrome

Is it safe enough to trust passwords to browsers, FileZilla, and other programs. Moreover, passwords can hide very important data. Can attackers somehow snatch these passwords from programs from the network? And in general, how do you manage it? Do you use autosave passwords?

Answer 1

Storing passwords anywhere is not secure.
Keep it on a piece of paper - they will come to read it, store it in a txt file on the desktop - they will hack and read it, keep it "in your head" - they will come with a soldering iron, listen and write it down.
Further all rests against a parity "value of the information" vs "expenses for receiving the password".
No one needs to access your computer to open the cat zip file.
To do the same to get access to the payment information of your customers is quite.
In fact, most ways to steal passwords come down to:
1) Force the user to enter it on their own somewhere. Phishing, sniffers and more.
2) Get access to your computer\traffic from your side. Well, you get the idea. Gained access -> opened a text file (or the "passwords" section in the browser).
3) Get access to your passwords from the service. Or an attack on the service itself, or on intermediate links. When a password or other information is caught on receipt.
All three options in most cases are not applied "purposefully", but to a wide range of people. We found a vulnerability, exploited it, and made a profit.
Of course, there are also brute-forces, social engineering, torture with a soldering iron and many more joys. They are already being used purposefully and make little sense to the average user.
I don't use third party password storage. In the browser, I save only what has no actual value. For everything else - from memory.
Despite the fact that I myself defend myself according to the principle of the elusive Joe. While it works.
As long as it was enough.

Answer 2

Not safe.
I use KeePass, password database for dropbox and google drive.
I categorically do not advise you to rely on your memory, you won’t remember many passwords, it’s very difficult to remember really complex passwords (more than 20 characters), it’s possible to forget the password, it’s tempting to use your favorite password everywhere in a row, somewhere you compromise the password and off we go.

Answer 3

I use LastPass. I do not store in browsers.

Answer 4

Filezilla stores passwords in plaintext in a file

Answer 5

Install any normal password manager with a master password, store everything in it.
The problems are only in the selection of a program that will have an extension for your / your browsers that is comfortable to work with. The result is the same, the security is slightly higher.