This is actually a security bug for users of Chrome / Chromium. Chrome will store passwords in cleartext if gnome-keyring isn't functional. This is mentioned in the upstream Chrome disk encryption bug https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=25404
$ cp ~/.config/chromium/Default/Login\ Data x.db $ sqlite3 x.db sqlite> SELECT username_value, password_value FROM logins; billg|passw0rd sqlite> ** Bug watch added: code.google.com/p/chromium/issues #25404 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=25404 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-keyring in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932177 Title: XFCE (and other non-GNOME) desktops do not initialise gnome-keyring correctly / WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to PKCS11 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-keyring/+bug/932177/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
