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Security@lemmy.mlEnglish · 16 days ago

Microsoft Edge: Passwords end up in memory as plaintext

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Microsoft Edge: Passwords end up in memory as plaintext

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Security@lemmy.mlEnglish · 16 days ago

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The Edge password manager appears secure: encrypted storage, secured by Windows Hello. But plaintext is stored in memory.

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And any program running on that computer could read from that memory, right?
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  it sure can