Currently, you can autofill passwords in the Chrome browser without authentication, but Google is finally fixing this oversight.

Google Password Manager currently has an “Authenticate with biometric before filling passwords” option in the Autofill preferences. As the name suggests, this is a setting that prevents Google Password Manager from autofilling passwords until the user verifies their identity with a fingerprint or a face.

Previously, Google Chrome on Android would automatically fill in the username and password field when it appeared on a webpage that had a saved login. As convienent as that was, w

However, in an odd omission, Chrome was never included in that list of apps — meaning anyone with access to your phone could log into any of your saved accounts on Chrome, as long as you'd stored your details in the password manager.