Hi all, we are a small retail business and use Gmail work emails and saved passwords.
My question is, how do I prevent unwanted access to see passwords saved in Google Password Manager? i.e. a passkey to access those passwords
How to Prevent Unwanted Google Password Manager Access?
Lancerx on 04/03/2024 - 19:54
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there is no security
Yes there is. Google it.
Passwords are limited to a given device unless you've got everyone signing in to Chrome with the same Google account, which is questionable.
Someone here might know how to instruct you to set yourself up as administrators and limit other users' access, but it might depend on which version of Windows you use and how your network is set up.
Bigger businesses often have Windows installed over Linux, plus an IT department that takes care of access levels for various users.
But at the end of the day, if everyone just logs into Chrome with their own Google account, they'll simply be asked for the unlock code for the particular device they're on when they request for passwords to be revealed, and it will only be passwords of their own that they've saved in their own browsers.
I'm no expert, but this might lead you in the right direction or put your mind at ease in the meantime.
Okay, I think I read the question wrong.
You prevent unwanted Google password manager access by never using it. Use an actual password manager like Bitwarden instead.
Yes as others have said using an actual proper password manager would be the way to go, unless you have multiple devices that employees use in which case you can use the likes of Microsoft Intune to manage and wipe the devices once employees have finished with them.
Even proper password manager apps get hacked and once they are in they have your everything..
but having said that - if you are only staff member - you save all your passwords etc in google and you get fired/leave you risk the someone getting access to everything as well on your work PC. Admin changes password to your accounts, logs in and you might suffer that way too.
This is exactly what we trying to prevent. We did change password for Gmail, but is there any other easier way?
This is exactly what we trying to prevent.
To be clear, what are you trying to prevent? An ex-employee keeping access to your records?
If this is what you are worried about, you need a more mature solution than keeping all your passwords in Google Password Manager in Chrome. It's fine for (many) individuals but it's not a secure solution for a small business. You need to be able to create usernames/passwords when staff arrive, and then expire and repudiate passwords when they go. You also need some kind of basic training for employees to educate them on password hygiene (otherwise you inherit their bad habits from what they do at home, or at other workplaces): this way you can be more sure that any breaches were due to maliciousness rather than ignorance.
It's a lot easier to design a workable password management policy when you're small than when you get larger and all the odd habits and practices are ingrained, so it's worth thinking about.
My employees don't need personal work emails. I just don't want any employee to go to chrome setting to view passwords saved
A proper password manager will have it so that even if they get hacked, your data is secure.
All your data is encryted and even the company has no way of decryting it.
1Password for example (which I use), has your master key plus your secret key. I wish anyone luck trying to decrypt them.
1password integrate with Chrome well? Free or paid ware?
1Password Business is paid, cross-platform and integrates with Chrome.
Don't use Google password there is no security. Get bitwarden instead