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Sean Endicott

Scared that Edge loads your passwords into memory in plaintext? A dedicated password manager keeps them inside an encrypted vault

Microsoft Edge Vertical Tabs.

A security researcher recently revealed that Microsoft Edge stores and loads all saved passwords in plaintext in your PC's memory, not on disk, upon startup. Edge is the only Chromium browser that does this, according to researcher @L1v1ng0ffTh3L4N.

The revelation raised questions about the security of Edge's password management. The timing wasn’t great for Microsoft, since today is World Password Day and more people are thinking about password security.

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