&gt; All password managers store plain text passwords. That&#x27;s literally a requirement for them to work at all.<p>&gt; Chrome encrypts the password in the SQLite database[0] using Windows&#x27; CryptProtectData() API<p>If its encrypted, then its not plaintext. Its ciphertext. In infosec lingo plaintext specifically refers to the unencrypted and otherwise unaltered original information.