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Originally Posted by msel
I'm the only one who works on this computer - no other has an access - so I have no problem with it saving passwords. For me it is an backup if I loose my passwords in a password manager (i uses built-in ones of browser with master password).
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If it ever has a browser that allows 3rd party javascript, then anyone one may read the stuff, no matter what sort of firewall / router you have.
Also watch out for the evil maid / cleaner
That's how Syrian airdefence was breached. A root kit installed when the general was staying at a London hotel.
See also Stuxnet and the amazing disintegrating Iranian centrifuges. Initial vector was malware in javascript.
BBC & CNN sites have served adverts that had malware. Hence many people use NoScript, Umatrix or UBlockOrigin and only enable enough scripts for the website to work.