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Chrome is the browser that auto updates with no user interaction, checks against website blacklists to protect you, and has an entire OS built around the concept of a hassle-free, locked-down, auto-maintained, disk-encrypted, usage.

Chrome is designed for the layman.

Does it warn you that your passwords are effortlessly stolen by anyone that can access your computer? No.

Does it warn you they're at least not encrypted? No.

Do you think the average Chrome user knows this?

Do you think the average user understands computer security like us IT professionals?

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