How to know the passwords behind asterisk (*) symbol in browsers

How to know the passwords behind asterisk (*) symbol in browsers

As it is the habit of many people to keep stay sign in button checked and due to this the browsers tend to save the passwords but the text behind such passwords can not be revealed normally.
To see such text one shall have to follow the following steps:

Steps


  1. Open the url where passwords are saved in the form of asterisk (*) symbol.
  2. Right click on the password box and select Inspect Element option.
  3. A page like below will be open.
  4. Now click on the highlighted line and select the option Edit as HTML.
  5. Change input type to text from password click come out.
  6. Now the password should be shown there.

You revealed the password behind the asterisk (*) symbol. 



All this shows that if you are accessing any secure website from a system which is not your personal means either your friend's system, system of institute in which you study, system of organisation in which you work, cyber cafe or any other insecure place then you must unchecked the stay signed in option and after the completion of work you should also clear the history and cache so that no one can access your personal accounts. To clear the history or cache you may press Ctrl+H button in maximum browsers.
How to know the passwords behind asterisk (*) symbol in browsers How to know the passwords behind asterisk (*) symbol in browsers Reviewed by Saraswati Chandra on 15:34 Rating: 5

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