Unfortunately, the standard Keychain-access dialog only has 'Allow,' 'Always Allow' and 'Deny' buttons-not 'Get out of my face and don't ever ask again.'Īfter I tweeted a little rant over that, Ars Technica's Jon Brodkin pointed out a fix: In Chrome's settings, click the 'Advanced Sync Settings…' button and uncheck 'Passwords.' Chrome hasn't bothered me with a Keychain nag since.īut even having Chrome confine saved passwords to your own computer can carry a security risk. If you'd already saved Web passwords in Apple's Safari browser, Chrome will ask if it, too, can have access to the OS X Keychain's database of those logins. This situation can arise if you enable Chrome's optional sign-in feature, which syncs your browser use-not just bookmarks, but open pages, settings and passwords-across multiple devices. But you should decline the offer unless you use Chrome as your primary browser on a Mac and you can secure your computer against curious passerby, change a hidden and experimental setting or do both.
Google means well with this poorly-presented request-its way of asking if it can keep your passwords in sync with other copies of its browser. Should I let it? How do I stop it from asking?Ī.
Every time I start up Chrome, it pesters me for access to my Mac's password Keychain.
