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Microsoft's Edge Drops Plaintext Password Loading After Backlash

  • Michael Kan--PCMag.com
  • published date: 2026-05-15 17:40:10 UTC

Edge 'will no longer load passwords into memory on startup,' Microsoft says after a researcher flagged a way for a malware infection to easily loot passwords from the browser. Facing backlash, Microsoft is reversing a controversial design choice in the Edge b…

Facing backlash, Microsoft is reversing a controversial design choice in the Edge browser that stored passwords in plaintext in a computers RAM, paving the way for malware to fetch the data. We are … [+2779 chars]