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Should you let Chrome store your driver’s license and passport?

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Feed Name: Malwarebytes Blog

Date Published: 2025-11-05

Date Updated: 2026-04-28

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This article warns that Chrome’s new enhanced autofill—which can store sensitive IDs like passports and driver’s licenses—creates an attractive target for cybercriminals via infostealers, rogue extensions, and session theft, despite Google’s encryption and permission checks; it recommends avoiding storing government IDs in the browser and using dedicated password managers and stronger security controls instead.

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