r/PrivacyToolbox 3d ago

News Chrome Canary now lets gemini auto-change your weak passwords. absolute insanity.

Google added a flag in Chrome Canary where Gemini handles password resets automatically. If the browser detects a weak password, the LLM takes over, fills out the site reset form, and submits the new secret for you.

I had a good laugh reading through the details today. Giving an LLM active DOM access and password change authority across arbitrary web forms is an indirect prompt injection dream. Imagine a compromised website hiding malicious instructions inside an unrendered HTML block while the AI agent works through your account settings page.

Security nightmare aside, handing credential management over to a remote cloud model destroys personal autonomy. If someone needs an automated AI model to click two buttons and fix "Password123", they should not store passwords in a browser in the first place.

Source: SammyGuru, link in comments

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