If you share your computer with multiple people, and in this way also share the Google Chrome browser with one profile, everyone can access saved passwords.
To prevent people using the same computer from logging in with your saved passwords in Google Chrome, you can add extra security. This is the Windows Hello security.
Windows Hello is a security that uses biometrics. Instead of standard passwords, you can use Windows Hello, for example, to set a fingerprint or facial or eye identification.
By setting up Windows Hello as an extra layer of security when passwords are requested via Google Chrome, you can prevent others from accessing your saved passwords in the Google Chrome browser. This is how you set it up.
Use Windows Hello for passwords in Google Chrome
To start with, make sure that you Google Chrome has updated to the latest version. Then click on the Chrome menu icon at the top right. In the menu, click on “settings”.
In the settings, click on “autofill and passwords” in the menu on the left. Then click on “Google password manager”.
In the Google password manager, click on the menu icon at the top left. Then click on “settings” in the menu.
Enable the option “Use Windows Hello when entering passwords”. Then enter your user account password to enable Windows Hello for Google Chrome passwords.
You have now successfully enabled Windows Hello for the Google Chrome password manager. Every time a saved password is accessed via Chrome, Windows Hello authentication is requested.
I hope to have informed you with this. Thank you for reading!
Dag,
Can you also set this option as a company for all users (via policy, script adjustment registry, etc.)?
Greetings, Ben
Hello, I did a quick search for you and couldn't find anything. This question has been asked many times:
https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/237164738/enable-windows-hello-protection?hl=enI also couldn't find a policy or registry key. Unfortunately, kind regards.
Hi Stephen,
Thanks for your reply ! I saw the website on Google.
What a flop this option…. I suspect that this setting is stored somewhere in a configuration file of the browser, but that it is not allowed/wanted to be released.
Mrsgr. Ben
Dag,
The settings that a user chooses in Google Chrome are recorded in the Preferences file. Under %appdata%
This happens live, nice to see.|
There is also another file that determines the initial configuration. It's called Initial_preferences
But I have not (yet) been able to find a way to force the Google Chrome Password manager to use Windows Hello (with Autofill)… Well
Mrsgr. Ben Raben