Ever found yourself in a situation when you need to provide someone or yourself the WEP, WPA, WPA2-PSK password of the wifi network you are using or have used it previously and you are left wondering: “How do I find the wireless password saved in Windows?“. By default Windows saves the wireless password when you choose “connect automatically”. All these keys along with the wireless network settings are stored in Windows. If in a case you need to see the passwords specific to a network, you can fetch it back from Windows in following simple steps. [Read more…]
How to find saved passwords in Firefox or Google Chrome?
For the ease of using internet on a personal computer we often save our passwords in the web browser (Remember the pop up with “save the password”, “not now”, “never for this site”). It saves you from the pain of entering the passwords in the websites. Do you know these saved passwords can be easily viewed by any person using the computer. Your passwords are not safe in the case if people have access to your computer.
You can also use the same for hacking some friend’s passwords if you have physical access to his system.
Its not rocket science. Its very simple. You might also knew it before hand. In case you don’t follow the steps:
1. Mozilla Firfox:
- Open the Firefox.
- Click on “Tools” on the top of the browser
- Choose “Options”
- Choose “Security” tab
- Click on “Saved passwords”
- Here you can see various websites and the username stored on it
- Select any of them and click “Show password”
- There it is, right in front of you.
2. Google Chrome:
In Google Chrome, go to settings (the wrench symbol on the top right corner). Choose options. Go to “Personal Stuff” tab and select “show saved passwords”.
