[ Thanks to brahim for this link.
]
“So you have a little naughty password hidden behind
your browser’s asterisks, and for some reason you couldn’t recover
it. I’m going to show you how to recuperate that in less than 5
clicks, using Google Chrome/Chromium browser. Note that this can
also be done using Firefox, via Firebug extension.“First, right click on the password, and choose “Inspect
Element”. A menu will pop up as shown below (click the picture to
enlarge):”
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