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ItWasntMe@discuss.online to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours ago

Microsoft Edge loads your passwords into memory in plaintext, but Microsoft says not to worry

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Microsoft Edge loads your passwords into memory in plaintext, but Microsoft says not to worry

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ItWasntMe@discuss.online to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours ago
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A security researcher has discovered that Microsoft Edge will load all your stored passwords into memory in plaintext at startup, making it easy for malware to scrape those passwords.
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    12 hours ago

    I don’t worry, I just don’t use Edge or Windows or any MS software really (except for Teams at work)

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      Teams at work

      Same here. Boss still thinks he’s funny bashing Apple products as a MS fanboy 🙄

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