It's obviously deliberate. Are you not familiar with OS level profiles? in the case of OSX:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11468
there is your master password.
Are you suggesting making a separate user account for each person who uses Chrome, and then switching user accounts before allowing a new person to touch Chrome on your computer?
I often browse for things on my coworkers computers (their laptops), and they do on mine. An application shouldn't be pulling passwords out of the keychain and then making the plaintext available.
[+] [-] Shalle|12 years ago|reply
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/password-manager-rememb...
[+] [-] interpol_p|12 years ago|reply
As far as I'm aware, Safari pulls the passwords from the keychain when necessary and does not provide plaintext access to them from inside the app.
[+] [-] MrKurtz|12 years ago|reply
Also the post you mention was already submitted and discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6165708
[+] [-] interpol_p|12 years ago|reply
I often browse for things on my coworkers computers (their laptops), and they do on mine. An application shouldn't be pulling passwords out of the keychain and then making the plaintext available.