Why Edge stores your passwords in plaintext, according to Microsoft

A security researcher found that Edge stores your plaintext passwords in memory when you use the browser to manage them. In a ...

Microsoft Says Edge Password Security Vulnerability Is ‘By Design’—Is It Time To Switch To Chrome?

Microsoft Edge loads all your saved passwords, decrypted and in plaintext, into memory at startup. Google Chrome doesn’t—is ...

Microsoft Edge loads your passwords into memory in plaintext, but Microsoft says not to worry

A security researcher has discovered that Microsoft Edge will load all your stored passwords into memory in plaintext at ...

Edge browser has a serious password safety problem, but Microsoft says it’s by design

A security researcher found that Microsoft Edge loads all saved passwords into unencrypted memory at startup, keeping them exposed for the entire session even when they are not in use.

Researcher shows Edge saves passwords in memory in cleartext, 'even when you're not using them'

You do need admin rights to get that far, though.