I didn't know that the chrome://settings/passwords page existed until I read your comment. I actually just checked it out, and when I clicked the "Show" button on the password box, Chrome made me re-authenticate with my Windows password before it would show the password.

I don't know if this is a new feature, only available on Windows, etc., but it seems like this may be less of a concern now.

I did find it weird that I had to re-authenticate with my Windows password and not the password that Chrome is syncing passwords with, but it's better than nothing.