Passwords.txt file in Chromium

[phil68]

I found a file named Passwords.txt on my desktop. I'm running Ubunut 18.04.6 (64 bit) GNOME 3.28.2. Location of the txt file is Home/snap/chromium/common/chromium/ZxcvbnData/1

The file has 30,000 entries such as those listed below and a number of vulgar terms. I deleted the file and emptied the trash - the file was deleted. I then restarted the system and searched for the file and it was not present. Then, when I executed the Chromium browser, the password text file was back. It's properties showed it was put out on the system when I executed Chromium. There are other suspicious txt files in the noted directory as well. Seems to be a list of possible passwords a cracker could use. Anyone have a handle on what these files represent? Are they legitimate and come with the Chromium browser? FYI I found similar concerns on the apple forum about Chromium.

123456
password
12345678
qwerty
123456789
12345
1234
111111
1234567
dragon
123123
baseball
abc123
football
monkey
letmein
shadow
master
696969

[CharlesA]

That sounds normal. Those are all super weak passwords.

zxcvbn is a password strength checker estimator.

https://github.com/dropbox/zxcvbn

It was added back in 2020:
https://chromium.googlesource.com/ch...df0ecd0211a0c1

[phil68]

Charles, thank you for the information and quick turnaround!