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ItWasntMe@discuss.online to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 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

www.windowscentral.com

ItWasntMe@discuss.online to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 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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    You doing alright over there, chief? Your profile text reads like somebody who really needs a wellness check.

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      People fill those out? lol

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      You’re right. Reads kinda like a page from Se7en.

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      That profile is almost certainly AI based on the language patterns

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        AI is more coherent.

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