Microsoft's Edge Drops Plaintext Password Loading After Backlash
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]