Not performing well so far. Let me in to my email. Went dead on a bank. I have that password on paper so i just typed it in.
Man, go to your password manager, copy your password and paste it in if auto-fill doesn’t work. That’s it. What takes more time and is more annoying to do:
- Typing your password from a piece of paper
- Copying your password from a program on your computer and pasting it in
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Not sure it ever picked up the passwords from the browser. Linked them, but database seems inaccessible.
I have never used KeepassXC. Check their docs or Google this issue, I guess?
Working now. Had to load the database from a saved .csv file. Yeah, I can copy and past from the database. But not too crazy about this.
Would be easier to just use the browser password feature for non-crtical sites. YES, many are REALLY non-critical sites and use paper for only about 4 sites. Mostly a bank, email, and 2 brokers. That’s it. Clunky.
This is on Firefox at the moment, since Brave is broken for the time being.
Yep, exactly what I do. Mullvad is the best privacy VPN bar none.
I also use a spreadsheet for stored passwords in a removable drive with Veracrypt.
I can’t fathom giving my passwords to another human or company to store for me.
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Actually it’s not just the password feature in Brave that disappeared. Looks like the settings manager and History file has become inaccessible as well. Brave forums is recording lots of complaints in last two days.
Major screw-up.
Happy that I’m part of the group not having any bad experience with it, because I use Brave for work. Used it earlier today too; no issues whatsoever. 
EDIT: Can’t have such an experience when you use a password manager. 
It does say not everyone is affected…
The real issue is upstream chromium. Tracked here: https://issues.chromium.org/issues/354847250
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Might want to be careful using Brave in the workplace…
https://www.reddit.com/r/brave/comments/1dyhhob/just_had_my_device_wiped_by_security_staff/
“Today at work I had my Internet access shut down and my device was quarantined from the network. A security guard came down an hour later to confiscate my device and wipe it”
OP in that thread activated a P2P service in a business environment. You can disable that and OP should have done so because it serves no purpose to do so. In fact, as far as I know, IPFS is disabled by default and the browser asks you about it.
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The idea of a ‘secure’ ‘private’ browser that has an option to turn on a P2P component that lets whoever send whatever they want while potentially using your machine as a node really tickles me.
All it would take is one bad actor uploading something particularly heinous to the service and you being unlucky enough to be one of the nodes picked for distribution, and that’s you on a watch-list for extra scrutiny and maybe even a knock on the door from your local friendly law enforcement.
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Doesn’t apply to me in the least bit. I’m a freelancer working from home. The only requirement is that I use a Chromium-based browser for compatibility with the company’s website, so it’s a soft requirement.
I also use a spreadsheet for stored passwords in a removable drive with Veracrypt .
Thank you. Hmmm. I’m unfamiliar with Veracrypt and worry too much about everything but wouldn’t using an encrypted volume present a possible scenario of being somehow unable suddenly of being mounted/opened? You do feel Veracrypt helps for you? Interesting. My uneducated thought is that it’s just another company getting its fingers into my private data.
Veracrypt is excellent open source software that you control and not anyone else.
You can create a hidden volume within another volume or create a hidden OS, as well as encrypting a disc. Or you can create a visible folder with what you want to store in it. Has many options and choices to choose from.
VeraCrypt Review: A Superb Open-Source Disk Encryption Software
I hope that proposed new browser engine comes in and does wonders. A Google-only-based internet is becoming more and more of a problem.
They said like 2026 before an alpha, though, so… 
I was kind of surprised Google and Brave didn’t rush this fix out in a build on Monday.
Granted, the chromium issue has a workaround that seems to work for most, but could be a challenge for some to implement. A few who tried it but weren’t successful, without details as to what they did (might even be a typo).
Then there’s the later workaround problem - being that once the issue is fixed, the workaround should be removed.
I would guess they still don’t have a total handle on it. Even though they have a workaround.