Opera GX - Keeps asking for my Computer pw

[ann1en]

ann1en last edited by

I reinstalled Opera GX and everything synced just fine. But now it keeps asking me for my computer password to view my stored passwords. Is there a way to disable this?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer @ann1en last edited by

@ann1en Nope, because that's how things are supposed to work.

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ann1en @leocg last edited by

@leocg I understand the security benefits of it. But the day before I reset my whole PC it worked fine (i.E. no password input everytime I checked one of my passwords). Was there an update? Because it is quite annoying. And it took me some time to find out which password the browser wanted since my PC does not have one.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @ann1en last edited by

@ann1en That how Chromium has been working since ever. Saved passwords are encrypted using your OS login credentials and, therefore, they are need to decrypt the information and show the password for you.