Microsoft backpedals: Edge to stop loading passwords into memory (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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Microsoft is updating the Edge web browser to ensure it no longer loads saved passwords into process memory in clear text at startup after previously stating it was "by design." [...]

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[-] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 weeks ago

Someone with a brain got into the meeting room with the right person, finally.

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