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'Only Chromium-based browser I've tested that behaves this way': Microsoft Edge has a huge password…

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Microsoft Edge apparently saves your passwords in its memory as cleartext according to a Norwegian cybersecurity researcher. This matters because it means a malicious actor could see all of your passwords if they gain access to your PC. The researcher, Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning (spotted by our friends at PC Gamer ), posted a thread on X explaining how the browser decrypts "every credential at startup" and then keeps them in process memory. It even happens for sites that you don't visit that session. "Edge is the only Chromium‑based browser I’ve tested that behaves this way," Rønning said. Article continues below To be clear, this isn't available for anyone to just stumble across. You need some know-how and administrative access to the terminal server, already a huge breach.…

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