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Log into Chrome on Linux. Then log into Chrome on, say, an Android phone. All your Chrome config data is brought back in the way you've just described.
Oh noes, now both Linux and Android have a "major breech" too! M$'s bad software design truly has no bounds!
[Edit]
I have no idea whether you're being sarcastic.
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Cp-Coder wrote: This information must have been stored on Microsoft's servers.
Yes, it is stored in your Microsoft account in the cloud.
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Interesting discussion.
Browsers definitely can store user/password information as associated in a URL on the local machine.
Far as I know this is the default.
Edge
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-security-password-manager-security
Chrome
Manage passwords - Computer - Google Chrome Help[^]
As noted another post those stay on the machine. The information (the list) is not sent to the site. Rather the browser is smart enough to fill it in. I have used browser dev tools enough that I would have seen this if it was the case. I have been using browser dev tools for years (more than a decade.)
Now whether it can happen across devices is different. But it is possible. Far as I know however it is not on by default. Someone needs to have checked a box somewhere before this happens.
Edge
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75677133/clear-cloud-saved-passwords-microsoft-edge[^]
Chrome
Use passwords across your devices - Computer - Google Account Help[^]
That said however I kind of doubt that the browser is what is sharing this data. Rather it is something else. And the browser just is able to use it after it happens.
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I hope you are right. Nonetheless freaks me out.
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If you don't trust your browser then switch the feature off. Just tell your browser never to save password details and you can stop worrying.
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It looks like WinAmp finally has all of their properties in order, and is being properly developed: Winamp. That took a while!
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It took a long time, but I got the new version about 2 months or so ago and like it.
Although the appearance hasn't changed much.
I don't think before I open my mouth, I like to be as surprised a everyone else.
PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.0 JaxCoder.com
Latest Article: SimpleWizardUpdate
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Mike Hankey wrote: Although the appearance hasn't changed much.
Extra points to them for doing exactly that.
One of the big features of Winamp at the time was its extensive reskinning capabilities. So, it only makes sense that they wouldn't spend much resources on changing the default UI.
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Hmm, don't know about that I was expecting the new telepathic UI? 
I don't think before I open my mouth, I like to be as surprised a everyone else.
PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.0 JaxCoder.com
Latest Article: SimpleWizardUpdate
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That poor llama had finally just recovered from all that ass-whipping...
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Winamp's been asking me to install the new version for months now and so far I've declined.
I like this version that I've used for the last 22 years or so 
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That's got to be annoying. Is there no option to tell it not to look for updates? Failing that, can you block (with your hosts file, or whatever) the site it's connecting to so it cannot determine whether there's an update available and thus keep it quiet?
I'm reminded of the Winzip trial nagware splashscreen asking a buddy of mine to register his version for 3,000+ days...he just got used to it.
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You're right, it is annoying.
Just googled if it can be turned off and apparently it's simply a checkbox in settings (together with "send anonymous usage statistics").
Why didn't I think of that before? 
dandy72 wrote: I'm reminded of the Winzip trial nagware
That's a bit unfair.
It's a good product and it's free.
I start nagging too when my customers don't pay (and after 3,000+ days I'm not as friendly as Winzip about it)
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One of my old bosses met Justin Frankel, said he was a real quiet guy, reserved guy. Just goes to show, you never know what people can do based on first impressions alone.
Jeremy Falcon
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Here is the most interesting entertaining C++ talk I've seen since Corona. It aint short, but was worth it for me.
*(char*)0 = 0; - YouTube[^]
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Have them write it up and I might give it a read. (I probably won't.)
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I guess YouTube has gone to all commercials...f*** em!
I don't think before I open my mouth, I like to be as surprised a everyone else.
PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.0 JaxCoder.com
Latest Article: SimpleWizardUpdate
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We're not in a recession.
Inflation is good for you.
That's what the media tells us. What's worse is that the public will soon forget to and go back to believing what they see on TV.
Jeremy Falcon
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Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
If you tell people something enough times they will eventually believe it.
And as far as media there is no longer a source for real news, It's all either right or left and the news people just spit out what they're told.
I don't think before I open my mouth, I like to be as surprised a everyone else.
PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.0 JaxCoder.com
Latest Article: SimpleWizardUpdate
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Nice, I like intellectual mast**bation.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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Ha ha ha. Truth bombs yo.
Jeremy Falcon
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I've been coding for 37 years. I learned something about C++ in the first 4 minutes of this video.
Thank you. I might actually sit through this one.
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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*lol*, what is more important now? Understanding more or less crypted syntax of this and that language or understanding the business 
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To be fair, a lot of the talk is about what happens when that code (which tries to write 0 using a null pointer) is compiled and executed. The code looks like it was written by a C hacker, so how would it be written in modern C++? What will the compiler generate? How will the operating system react? How do virtual memory, memory protection, and caching work? All of this is technical but useful in certain situations.
I agree that understanding one's domain and use cases is generally more important. I assume that's what you mean by "understanding the business". But don't get me started on motherelephanting pieces of elephant who run The Business™--one whose products require a lot of software development--but who couldn't care less about fostering a culture of software excellence, which means having people versed in this kind of arcane knowledge.
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Great point man. There's a case for both types of peeps. Although AI will definitely move the needle in regard to how much arcane knowledge is needed. To his point however, typically (and I'm generalizing) most of the super hardcore devs have serious social issues. Not that crappy devs don't too. But, what if the hardcore dev makes the wrong thing or doesn't think outside the box to see if it's even needed? Arcane or not it's just wasting time. Or what if he/she isn't a team player?
So, while knowing what you're doing is super, duper important. I guess I'm just replying for the heck of it to say soft skills be important too.
Jeremy Falcon
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