[Password Manager] Update faq on Linux storing of passwords
Bug: 893553
Change-Id: Ia935b7b07ad16d6b801a809d06d0a518576dc871
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/1700222
Reviewed-by: Chris Palmer <[email protected]>
Commit-Queue: Christos Froussios <[email protected]>
Auto-Submit: Christos Froussios <[email protected]>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#682173}
diff --git a/docs/security/faq.md b/docs/security/faq.md
index 0f0f76e..e59688f6 100644
--- a/docs/security/faq.md
+++ b/docs/security/faq.md
@@ -621,10 +621,12 @@
credentials in "Login Data" in the Chrome users profile directory, but
encrypted on disk with a key that is then stored in the user's Keychain.
See [Issue 466638](https://crbug.com/466638) for further explanation.
-* On Linux, credentials are stored into Gnome-Keyring or KWallet, depending
- on the environment. On environments which don't ship with Gnome-Keyring
- or KWallet, the password is stored into "Login Data" in an unprotected
- format.
+* On Linux, Chrome previously stored credentials directly in the user's
+ Gnome Keyring or KWallet, but for technical reasons, it has switched to
+ storing the credentials in "Login Data" in the Chrome user's profile directory,
+ but encrypted on disk with a key that is then stored in the user's Gnome
+ Keyring or KWallet. If there is no available Keyring or KWallet, the data is
+ not encrypted when stored.
* On iOS, passwords are currently stored directly in the iOS Keychain and
referenced from the rest of the metadata stored in a separate DB. The plan
there is to just store them in plain text in the DB, because iOS gives
