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.
to be honest passwords on their own are on their way out as a form of security entirely for this reason - they’re inherently weak no matter how they’re stored as they’re a single point of failure. we’re even moving on from 2 factor to passkeys.
to be honest passwords on their own are on their way out as a form of security entirely for this reason - they’re inherently weak no matter how they’re stored as they’re a single point of failure. we’re even moving on from 2 factor to passkeys.